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Tribute 

to  the 

Life   and  Character 

of 

REV.  TEUNIS   S.  HAMLIN,   D.  D. 

PASTOR 

of  the 

CHURCH   OF   THE   COVENANT 

Washington,  D.  C. 


Washington,  D.  C. 

Printed  by  the  Congregation 

1907 


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From  photograph  taken  in  1886 


From  photograph  taken  in  1905 


TRIBUTE 

to  the 
LIFE  AND  CHARACTER 

of 

Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D. 

HE  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D., 
died  suddenly  while  in  New  York 
City,  immediately  preceding  mid- 
night of  Wednesday,  April  17,  1907. 
The  remains  were  brought  t  o 
Washington  the  next  day,  arriving 
at  the  city  at  9:25  p.  m.,  and  were  met  by  the  Session 
and  members  of  the  other  boards  of  the  church  and  of 
the  congregation. 

On  Sunday  afternoon,  April  21st,  the  remains  were 
escorted  by  the  honorary  and  active  pall-bearers,  from 
the  parsonage  to  the  Church  of  the  Covenant,  the 
capacity  of  which  was  not  sufficient  for  the  attendance, 
including  the  members  of  the  congregations  of  the 
Church  of  the  Covenant  and  of  Peck  Chapel,  the  pas- 
tors of  different  churches,  delegations  from  various 
organizations  of  which  Dr.  Hamlin  was  a  member,  and 
many  officials  of  the  Government,  and  prominent 
citizens. 

After  the  services  the  remains  were  escorted  to  Rock 
Creek  Cemetery,  the  following  named  persons  acting 
as  pall-bearers : 

[3] 


Slit  fftrmnriam 


HONORARY  PALL-BEARERS 
From  the  Session: 


Alfred  R.  Quaiffe, 
Claudius  B.  Jewell, 
Frederic  L.  Moore, 
E.  Southard  Parker, 
v  Stanton  J.  Peelle, 
Archibald  Greenlees, 


John  W.  Foster, 
Henry  B.  F.  Macfarland, 
Charles  E.  Foster, 
Edward  M.  Gallaudet, 
Henry  A.  Pressey, 
Wilhelmus  B.  Bryan. 


From  the  Board  of  Trustees: 

William  S.  Carroll,  William  E.  Curtis. 

From  the  Deacons: 

Russell  B.  Taylor,  Henry  M.  Le  Due. 

ACTIVE  PALL-BEARERS 
From  the  Men's  Society  of  the  Church: 

Frederick  A.  Fenning,  Brainard  W.  Parker, 

Andrew  Y.  Bradley,  Stanton  Canfield  Peelle, 

Allan  O.  Clephane,  Gilbert  H.  Grosvenor, 

Walter  M.  Gilbert,  William  H.  Baldwin. 


[4] 


3fn  fHmnriam 


FUNERAL  SERVICES 

AT    THE 

Church  of  the  Covenant 

April  21,  1907,  4  P.  M. 

An  opening  organ  selection  was  proceeded  by  an 
invocation  by  Rev.  William  McGiffert,  D.  D.,  as  fol- 
lows: 

O  Eternal  God;  God  of  our  fathers  and  our  God; 
God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ, 
and  our  Father,  in  Thee  we  live ;  in  Thee,  O  God,  we 
do  die ;  in  Thee  we  live  again.  Grant,  O  God,  that  the 
faith  which  was  Jesus  Christ's  faith  may  be  our  faith 
today,  and  that  in  this  solemn  hour,  when  our  hearts 
are  stricken,  we  may  believe  and  trust  in  Thee.  Grant, 
O  God,  that  as  this  Thy  servant,  our  brother,  served 
Thee  faithfully  during  all  his  life  and  witnessed  a  good 
contention  and  brought  many  unto  a  knowledge  of 
Thee,  his  Father  and  theirs,  so  now  in  his  death  may  he 
preach  Thy  work,  and  may  we,  remembering  and 
honoring  him,  O  God,  praise  and  bless  Thee.  Thou 
hast  given,  and  Thou  hast  taken  away ;  blessed  be  Thy 
name,  O  God,  our  Father,  now  and  forever  more, 
through  Jesus  Christ  Thy  Son,  who  hast  revealed  Thee 
unto  us  and  hath  brought  life  and  immortality  to  us. 
Amen. 

\ 
Appropriate  Scripture  lessons  were  then   read  by 

Rev.  Joseph  T.  Kelly,  D.  D.,  after  which  prayer  was 

offered  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Bittinger,  D.  D.,  as  follows : 

[5] 


31  n  fHpmnrtam 

O  Lord,  Thou  only  art  truly  great ;  great  in  Thyself. 
Thou  art  also  great  in  the  manifestation  of  Thy  power 
and  in  the  exercise  of  Thy  righteous,  sovereign  and 
eternal  will,  whether  in  the  army  of  Heaven  or  among 
the  inhabitants  of  the  earth.  Thou  art  also  good, 
gracious  and  kind  in  all  of  Thy  dealings,  and  when 
afflicting  us,  afflicting  us  not  for  Thy  pleasure,  but  for 
our  profit.  Help  us,  then,  to  bring  our  spirits  into 
willing  subjection  to  Thee,  the  Father  of  spirits,  and 
especially  in  the  season  of  our  sore  bereavement  to 
yield  ourselves  with  due  resignation  and  patience,  being 
assured  that  although  for  the  present  we  understand 
not  the  mystery  of  Thy  ways,  yet  in  faithfulness,  O 
Lord,  Thou  dost  afflict  us  and  for  Thy  mercy's  sake, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

And  now,  drawn  together  by  a  common  sympathy, 
and  in  the  presence  of  death,  may  we  not  only  be 
admonished  of  our  mortality,  but  also  may  we  assure 
ourselves  of  the  promise  of  the  eternal  life  through  the 
merits  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  died  for  our  sins, 
rose  again  for  our  justification,  and  who  ever  liveth 
at  Thy  right  hand  to  make  intercession  for  us  and  pre- 
pare us  by  His  indwelling  spirit  for  an  abiding  place 
in  that  Heavenly  kingdom.  Thus  believing,  we  come 
into  Thy  house  at  this  time  and  are  saddened  by  the 
sudden  removal  from  our  midst  of  him  whom  we  all 
loved  and  whose  face  we  shall  never  again  see  in  the 
flesh. 

We  mourn  because  he  is  no  longer  with  us,  but  we 
rejoice  because  he  is  now,  and  shall  be  forever,  with 
Thee,  O  Lord,  for  Thou  hast  taken  him.  And  mourn- 
ing not  as  those  who  have  no  hope,  we  cherish  the 
same  faith  which  characterized  him  during  his  mortal 
life,  animated  him  in  his  ministry;  prompted  him  in 
labors  for  the  benefit  of  his  fellowmen,  and  comforted 
him  in  his  last  hours  upon  the  earth.  We  thank  Thee 
O  Lord,  for  the  bright  testimony  which  he  departing 

[6] 


3ln  Mtmavmm 

left  behind  for  our  encouragement,  that  Thy  will  was 
his  will,  and  that  with  resignation  he  yielded  to  Thy 
good  pleasure.  We  thank  Thee,  then,  for  what  by 
nature  he  was  in  all  the  excellencies  of  character ;  what 
by  grace  he  became,  and  what  by  Thy  promise  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Chrust  he  now  is,  forever  free  from 
sin,  the  beholder  of  Thy  glory  and  the  happy  partici- 
pant in  those  joys  which  are  in  Thy  presence  and  those 
pleasures  at  Thy  right  hand  which  shall  be  forever- 
more. 

And  now,  most  merciful,  the  consolation  of  the  sor- 
rowing who  dost  not  willingly  grieve  or  afflict  Thy 
children,  listen  to  our  plea,  that  Thou  wilt  look  down 
with  tender  love  and  pity  upon  the  bereaved  and 
stricken  family,  that  they  may  not  faint  in  the  hour 
of  their  distress,  but  may,  with  sweet  acquiescence, 
kiss  the  rod  under  which  Thou,  O  Heavenly  Father, 
hast  caused  them  to  pass,  and  to  lean  upon  Thee  and 
Thy  many  blessed  promises  to  be  with  them  in  the 
darkest  trial,  turn  their  mourning  into  joy,  and  make 
even  this  dark  dispensation  work  out  for  them  that 
peaceable  fruit  of  righteousness  which  shall  be  followed 
by  a  far  more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory. 
May  she  especially  who  mourns  the  separation  which 
has  come  between  her  and  the  husband  of  her  youth 
be  made  the  object  of  Thy  tender  love  and  support, 
and  receive  from  Thee  comfort,  counsel  and  guidance 
in  every  exigency  of  her  new  and  untried  experience. 
And  as  she  sits  apart  in  her  loneliness  and  grief,  may 
she  accept  the  assurance  that  the  same  hand  that  has 
smitten  can  and  will  bind  up  her  broken  heart,  and 
the  same  promise  of  Divine  record  belongs  to  her,  "I 
will  never,  no  never,  leave  nor  forsake  Thee."  And 
lend  Thy  guiding  grace  also  to  the  sons  just  entering 
upon  their  life,  that  they  may  walk  in  the  footsteps  of 
him  whom  in  life  they  loved  and  honored,  and,  so  far  as 
they  can,  take  his  place  and  comfort  all  who  have  been 
bereaved  and  bind  up  their  broken  hearts. 

[7] 


3ltt  Hfomnriam 

And  upon  this  church,  largely  by  Thy  grace  the  work 
of  his  hands,  look  down  and  bestow  Thy  richest  bene- 
diction upon  it.  May  the  members  cherish  the  faithful 
pastor's  active  participation  in  the  gospel  of  Christ; 
treasure  his  words  spoken  both  in  public  and  in  private, 
and,  emulating  his  example,  follow  him  as  he  followed 
Christ.  Bless,  we  beseech  Thee,  Thy  ministering  ser- 
vants of  the  Presbytery  associated  with  our  deceased 
brother  in  labors  for  the  upbuilding  of  Thy  cause.  Give 
to  them  a  double  portion  of  Thy  spirit.  Impart  to 
them  his  energy  and  earnestness  and  devotion  to  Thee 
and  Thy  service,  and  to  all  who  were  associated  with 
him  in  efforts  to  make  the  world  better,  inspire  them 
with  a  kindred  spirit  in  seeking  the  good  of  men  and 
the  glory  of  Thy  holy  name. 

Now,  Lord,  we  abide  Thy  good  pleasure,  heeding 
the  admonition  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  to  watch,  as 
we  know  not  what  hour  our  Lord  doth  come.  We  unite 
in  the  petition :  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days  that 
we  may  keep  our  hearts  unto  wisdom.  Hear  us  for 
Jesus'  sake,  and  to  Thy  name  we  will  give  all  praise, 
Amen. 


[8] 


3n  fHrmortam 


SERMON 
By  the  Rev.  Wilton  Merle  Smith,  D.  D. 

O  the  depth  of  the  riches  both  of  the  wisdom  and 
knowledge  of  God!  How  unsearchable  are  his  judg- 
ments, and  his  ways  past  finding  out!  For  who  hath 
known  the  mind  of  the  Lord?  or  who  hath  been  his 
counsellor?  For  of  Him,  and  through  Him,  and  to 
Him,  are  all  things :  to  whom  be  glory  forever.    Amen. 

A  physician  who  had  a  little  boy  in  whom  he  cen- 
tered all  his  heart  was  asked  often  by  the  little  fellow, 
as  he  looked  into  his  father's  face,  "What  for,  oh 
father?  Why?"  To  many  of  these  questions  the  father 
answered,  "My  child,  you  can  not  understand  now; 
you  shall  know  by  and  by."  One  day  God  came  and 
took  that  little  child  to  Himself,  and  the  father  walked 
to  and  fro  through  that  home  darkened  at  the  window 
and  lightened  no  longer  by  the  sound  of  childish 
laughter,  and  his  heart  said :  "What  for,  oh  Father, 
what  for?"  And  God's  answer  came  to  him  in  the  very 
words  he  had  spoken  to  his  child :  "My  child,  thou 
canst  not  understand  now,  but  thou  shalt  know  here- 
after." 

Six  year  ago  I  stood  at  the  bier  of  my  friend,  Doctor 
Babcock,  that  brilliant  man  taken  at  the  very  beginning 
of  his  greatest  usefulness,  and  my  heart  ached  as  I, 
too,  repeated  the  question.  We  had  just  been  through 
the  Holy  Land  and  Egypt  together,  and  I  remember 
well  as  Doctor  Babcock  and  I  went  through  the  tombs 

[9] 


3ht  Ufamuriatn 

of  the  kings  in  Egypt  that  he  said  to  me,  "Do  you 
notice  how  that  the  Egyptian  idea  of  the  other  world 
is  full  of  virility ;  how  the  death  conception  is  all  glori- 
fied service  and  activity  ?"  And  he  said :  "Look  at  our 
conception  of  the  other  world.  It  is  absolutely  lacking 
in  virility.  It  is  teaching  rest  ever,  and  there  is  no 
thought  of  the  glorified  service  beyond.  "Now  are 
they,  before  the  throne  of  God,  and  they  serve  Him 
day  and  night  in  His  temple."  And  do  you  know  that 
thought  was  a  comfort,  that  the  Lord  had  need  of  him 
in  a  larger  and  a  higher  service,  and  it  conforts  me 
today  to  know  that  this  man,  so  useful  here  on  the 
earth,  has  gone,  as  I  believe  from  the  bottom  of  my 
heart,  to  a  higher  and  a  larger  ministry  for  which  all 
the  earth  training  has  peculiarly  prepared  him.  The 
Lord  hath  need  of  him  in  those  activities  compared  to 
which  the  activities  of  earth  are  but  child's  play;  in 
that  service  compared  to  which  the  service  of  earth 
shall  pale  into  insignificance,  and  yet  a  service  that 
has  no  weariness  and  pain,  but  only  constant  joy;  a 
service  to  our  God  somewhere  in  His  great  universe, 
we  know  not  where,  where  the  training  of  earth  has 
wonderfully  fitted  our  friend  to  serve. 

The  preparation  for  service  here  on  the  earth  began 
many  years  ago.  As  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  said,  the 
training  of  a  child  should  begin  one  hundred  years 
before  his  birth.  It  was  so  with  our  friend.  His 
father  was  from  Huguenot  ancestry  and  his  mother 
thoroughly  Dutch,  with  those  sterling,  splendid 
qualities  that  distinguished  the  Dutch  people.  With 
the  faithfulness  and  the  brilliancy  of  the  Huguenot  and 
those  other  sterling  qualities  of  the  Dutch  people,  this 

[10] 


3(n  JH? mnrtam 

boy  came  into  the  world,  equipped  by  heredity  for  his 
work.  The  training  at  Union  College  was  followed  by 
the  training  at  the  theological  seminary  in  New  York. 
For  thirteen  years  he  was  a  pastor  in  Troy;  lor  two 
years  a  pastor  in  Cincinnati,  and  for  nearly  twenty-one 
years  he  has  served  God  here  in  this  church.  It  is  a 
monument  of  his  faithfulness  and  of  his  industry. 

My  own  touch  with  Doctor  Hamlin  has  been  through 
association  with  him  as  co-trustee  in  the  United  Society 
of  Christian  Endeavor;  as  friends  and  workers  in  the 
alumni  association  of  Union  Seminary,  and  year  after 
year  we  have  met  in  Northfield  where  in  our  friend- 
ship for  Mr.  Moody  we  deeply  sympathized  with  each 
other.  He  has  preached  many  times  in  the  pulpit  that 
I  occupy  and  this  summer  it  was  my  request,  written  a 
few  weeks  ago,  that  he  should  be  the  supply  during 
my  own  absence.  So  as  I  have  come  to  know  him  the 
thing  that  has  impressed  me  more  than  all  things  else 
was  that  I  knew  a  man.  Many  men  are  changed  by 
the  vestments  that  they  wear;  ecclesiastical  trappings 
or  distinctions  of  one  kind  or  another.  Whenever  such 
associations  were  around  about  Doctor  Hamlin,  the 
thing  that  shone  through  them  all  and  beyond  them  all 
was  the  fact  of  his  sterling  manhood.  He  was  a  man 
who  made  men  believe  in  him.  He  commanded  people's 
confidence.  He  drew  out  their  affections.  He  tied 
them  to  him.  I  think  you  have  been  impressed,  as  I 
have  been,  by  his  qualities  as  a  business  man.  His 
sound  judgment,  as  I  met  him  in  the  councils  of  the 
church,  drew  out  my  admiration  many  years  ago.  We 
leaned  on  him  and  all  through  his  life  as  he  came  in 
touch  with  his  brethren  we  have  always  felt  that  the 

[ii] 


3tt  fHrmnriam 

wisdom,  sanity  and  absolute  self-control  of  the  man 
made  him  a  power  in  men's  councils. 

He  was  a  man  of  such  patience,  willing  to  wait  until 
things  should  work  themselves  out ;  never  presumptious 
or  hasty  or  impetuous,  but  always  to  some  of  us  more 
impulsive,  almost  discouragingly  wise  and  patient  and 
sane.  Then,  too,  his  prodigious  industry  was  some- 
thing which  some  of  us  learned  to  admire.  Half-past 
eight  every  morning  found  him  in  his  study.  All  the 
morning  until  his  lunch  hour  he  labored  faithfully. 
Then  all  the  afternoon,  from  the  moment  lunch  was 
over,  out  among  his  parishioners  and  friends,  doing 
the  things  that  God  had  given  him  to  do  in  this 
great  city,  until  the  very  hour  for  dinner,  when 
his  footsteps  might  be  heard  on  the  stoop,  and  his 
hand  on  the  latch.  And  in  connection  with  the  larger 
affairs  outside  of  this  city  and  the  great  church  that  he 
served,  his  indefatigable  industry  and  patience  and  mas- 
tery of  detail  made  him  to  be  peculiarly  helpful  as  a 
counselor  and  as  an  administrative  power  in  everything 
to  which  he  put  his  hand.  If  he  had  gone  into  business 
or  a  profession,  he  would  have  made  conspicuous  suc- 
cess. As  a  minister  of  some  department,  as  a  diplomat, 
he  would  have  had  peculiar  qualifications,  and  those  of 
you  who  knew  him  best  knew  that  those  business  quali- 
fications worked  themselves  out  in  this  magnificent 
church,  which  is  a  monument  of  his  splendid  abilities. 

But  I  want  to  say  a  little  more  about  the  man  him- 
self. He  was  absolutely  true.  "To  thine  own  self  be 
true,  and  it  must  follow,  as  the  night  the  day,  thou 
canst  not  then  be  false  to  any  man."  And  some  one 
has  added : 

[12] 


3n  Iftnttnrtam 

And  true  to  self, 

It  follows  in  a  clearer  light, 

As  surely  as  the  day  the  night, 

Again,  thou  shalt  be  true  to  God. 

This  man  was  true  to  men  and  to  God.  As  a  min- 
ister he  was  true.  No  man  could  hear  Doctor  Hamlin 
preach  without  feeling  that  he  knew  the  things  of  which 
he  preached.  He  never  preached  beyond  his  experi- 
ence one  whit  or  iota.  He  never  preached  anything 
that  was  false  to  his  experience,  and  it  was  the  true 
ring  of  sincerity  that  some  way  commended  his  preach- 
ing to  men. 

I  loved  him  for  the  power  of  his  friendship ;  for  the 
grasp  of  his  hand  ;  for  the  genial  kindliness  of  his  greet- 
ing ;  for  the  true  heart  that  leaped  to  utterance  in  every 
friendly  word  which  he  said.  Dear  friends,  I  believe 
that  it  was  here  that  some  of  you  knew  him,  and 
that  some  of  you  will  feel  his  loss.  Some  of  you 
will  say  today,  "I  lost  my  best  friend  on  earth."  There 
is  a  little  quotation  in  Homer,  where  it  speaks  of  a 
man  who  lived  in  a  house  by  the  side  of  the  road  who 
was  a  Iriend  to  man.  Someone  has  written  a  little 
poem  on  it,  the  last  verse  of  which  is  something  like 
this: 

Let  me  live  in  my  house  by  the  side  of  the  road, 
Where  the  race  of  men  go  by ; 

They  are  good,  they  are  bad,  they  are  weak,  they 
Are  strong,  wise,  foolish,  and  so  am  I. 

Then  why  should  I  sit  in  the  scorner's  seat, 
Or  hurl  the  cynic's  ban  ? 

Let  me  live  in  my  house  by  the  side  of  the  road, 
And  be  a  friend  of  man. 

[13] 


3In  Memarimn 

There  are  hundreds  in  this  city  to  whom  Dr.  Hamlin 
was  just  that  kind  of  a  friend.  I  glory  in  the  fact  that 
he  was  my  friend.  When  I  was  summoned  only  a  few 
moments  after  the  stroke  and  hurried  down  to  Wall 
street  to  his  son's  office,  his  solicitude  was  very  great 
because  he  felt  that  he  had  put  me  out.  He  said  that  he 
wanted  me  there,  and  as  I  stood  two  hours  there  in  the 
office  waiting  for  the  arrangements  to  take  him  to  the 
hospital  to  be  completed,  he  said  again  and  again,  "I 
hope  I  will  not  be  a  burden  to  you ;  do  not  have  me  on 
your  mind."  His  unselfishness  was  marked  in  those 
last  hours  of  his  life.  It  was  a  distinguishing  charac- 
teristic of  the  man  from  the  very  beginning  to  the 
end.  He  thought  of  himself  last  of  all.  And  in 
all  his  dealings  with  you,  his  parishioners,  you  have 
marked  the  quite  unselfishness  of  the  man.  Ah,  yes, 
his  goodness,  not  that  half-hearted,  sentimental  good- 
ness, but  great,  rugged  righteousness  and  nobility  of 
heart.  Dear  friends,  this  was  a  man  that  you  and  I 
both  loved. 

And  now,  there  is  just  this  conclusion.  Some  way 
or  other  it  just  simply  emphasizes  my  belief  in  immor- 
tality when  such  a  man  is  taken.  In  the  Greek  tragedy 
of  Ion  you  remember  a  loved  one  was  about  to  give 
his  life  as  a  sacrifice  and  he  cries:  "Shall  we  meet 
again"?  and  the  answer  is:  "I  have  asked  that  question 
of  the  hills,  that  seem  eternal;  and  the  stars  which 
shine  on  forever ;  of  the  brooks  that  never  cease,  and  all 
are  dumb.  But  as  I  look  upon  thy  face  there  is  some- 
thing in  it  that  mantles  through  its  beauty,  that  can 
not  wholly  perish.    We  shall  meet  again." 

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3n  iffletnnnam 

I  heard  Joseph  Cook  once  in  an  impassioned  lecture 
on  immortality  use  these  words: 

"I  stood  before  the  last  resting  place  of  Elizabeth 
Barret  Browning  and  put  my  hand  on  the  cold  marble 
that  covered  her  grave,  and  I  said  to  myself  'Her  sweet 
faith,  her  Christ-likeness  of  soul,  her  heart,  always 
lifted  above  the  storms  of  life;  are  they  like  this  cold 
marble,  to  cease  their  life  and  be  no  more  ?'  My  heart 
said  no." 

And  so,  dear  friends,  when  we  stand  before  a  life 
like  this,  so  fitted  to  perpetuate  itself,  it  is  im- 
possible to  believe  that  death  is  the  end.  Thank 
God,  Jesus  has  brought  life  and  immortality  to  life, 
and  we  know  that  this  life  shall  live  forever  in  the 
service  of  the  King.  He  died  as  he  wished  to  die,  sud- 
denly and  in  the  harness,  as  he  had  often  said.  It  is 
a  finished  life.  The  church  is  finished ;  characters  that 
have  been  reared  here  and  trained  for  God  are  finished 
characters.  His  heart  and  faith  have  entered  into 
many  hearts  and  characters  here  that  shall  live  on  the 
earth  and  through  eternity  as  monuments  of  his  labors 
here. 

There  is  a  curious  phrase  in  the  epistle  to  the  Corin- 
thians, where  something  is  said  about  those  who  are 
baptized  for  the  dead.  And  sometimes  the  commen- 
tators have  been  greatly  confused  and  mystified  over  it, 
until  someone  had  suggested  that  in  the  early  church 
the  candidates  for  entering  the  church  were  put  on 
probation  for  a  year.  Sometimes  during  that  year  they 
passed  away  and  then  a  friend  came  forward  and  vol- 
unteered to  be  baptized  in  the  name  of  the  one  whom 
God  had  taken  before  his  baptism.     And  the  thought 

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3n  iHymnriam 

was  that  they  should  be  baptized  into  the  spirit  of  the 
one  whom  God  had  taken,  and  baptized  into  the  labors 
of  the  one  who  had  passed  on  into  the  unseen.  Do 
you  know  to  me  it  is  a  very  beautiful  thought,  that  you 
and  I  here  today  can  be  baptized  for  the  dead;  bap- 
tized into  the  unselfish  heroism;  into  that  fidelity  and 
truth;  into  that  splendid,  noble  perseverance  of  the 
saints  that  distinguished  this  servant  of  God  in  his 
ministry  here  on  earth. 

Do  you  remember  that  the  martyr  Stephen  was 
one  of  the  greatest  men  of  the  early  church?  None 
could  gainsay  him  in  the  synagogues  when  he  dis- 
puted ;  he  was  irresistible  in  his  logic,  and  his  loss 
to  the  church  was  absolutely  irreparable,  and  the 
church  could  not  understand  it  in  those  days,  as 
men  can  not  understand  such  tragedies  today. 
But  when  the  persecutors  stoned  Stephen  to  death, 
they  laid  their  clothes  at  the  feet  of  a  young  man 
whose  name  was  Saul,  and  Cannon  Farrar  says  that  we 
owe  the  Apostle  Paul  to  the  martyrdom  of  Stephen. 
There  may  be  young  men  and  boys  in  this  church  today 
who  shall  go  into  the  Christian  ministry  and  shall  be 
consecrated  to  the  work  that  this  man  laid  down  simply 
because  the  sorrow  of  this  hour  has  burned  this  lesson 
into  their  hearts.  May  God  grant  it.  What  young 
men  are  there  here  today  who  are  willing  to  be  bap- 
tized for  the  dead ;  baptized  into  the  heroic  labors  and 
into  the  noble,  Christ-like  purpose  of  this  man  who  has 
gone?  May  the  dear  Lord  grant  that  such  thought 
may  ring  long  in  our  hearts,  and  that  all  these  officers 
here;  that  the  splendid,  noble  workers  in  this  parish; 
that  the  boys  in  the  Sunday  School,  and  the  girls  as 

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3Jtt  iHemortatn 

well,  may  one  and  all,  in  the  holy  quiet  of  this  hour, 
be  baptized  for  the  dead ;  baptized  into  the  spirit ;  into 
the  unselfish  heroism ;  into  the  noble  fidelity ;  into  the 
all  conquering  faith  of  the  one  whom  God  has  taken. 
And  then  we  will  give  glory  unto  the  Father  and  the 
Son  and  the  Holy  Ghost  for  the  conquering,  victorious 
life  which  has  ended  in  the  greatest  victory  of  all,  and 
we  shall  go  on  to  complete  in  our  lives  the  labors  that 
he  has  laid  down.    May  God  grant  it.    Amen. 

Remarks  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Alvin  Smith. 

While  Doctor  Hamlin  was  abroad  last  summer  with 
his  dear  wife,  in  reply  to  a  letter  received  from  the 
speaker  giving  the  details  of  a  very  sudden  death 
among  our  clergy  here,  a  beloved  Presbyterian  minis- 
ter and  friend,  he  said  the  following : 

"I  have  learned  of  his  glorious  death."  (This  brother 
dropped  dead  in  our  meeting  of  the  Presbytery.) 
"Happy  man !  So  may  I  go,  if  God  will.  It  is  wrong 
to  choose,  no  doubt,  and  wrong  to  anticipate,  but  the 
sole  thing  to  be  dreaded  to  me  is  a  period  of  unproduc- 
tiveness and  dependence." 

How  much  like  the  words  he  spoke  to  his  son  just 
after  he  was  stricken  in  his  office  this  last  week,  when 
observing  the  tears  in  his  son's  eyes,  he  said : 

"Don't  cry  for  me,  Bert,  I  am  ready  to  go  if  God  so 
will.  This  is  a  stroke,  and  I  believe  it  is  the  beginning 
of  the  end.     Don't  cry  ,for  me." 

Back  of  the  loaf  is  the  snowy  flour,  and  back  of  the 
flour  the  mill,  and  back  of  the  mill  is  the  wheat  and 

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3ln  fHrmnrtam 

the  shower,  the  sun  and  the  Father's  will.     It  may  be 
so,  aye,  it  is  so,  in  the  case  of  our  beloved  brother. 

In  this  same  letter,  when  he  was  informed  of  the 
inquiries  by  the  young  people,  and  the  noble  men  and 
women  of  this  church  on  his  behalf,  and  how  much 
he  was  missed — he  adds : 

"I  am  glad  we  are  missed  (his  wife  and  himself). 
The  happiest  day  of  this  summer  for  me  will  be  when 
I  again  set  foot  in  the  dear  Covenant.  That  does  not 
mean  any  lack  of  appreciation  of  Europe,  less  thought 
of  the  dear,  devoted  people  who  made  this  delightful 
trip  possible.   Give  my  love  to  them  all." 

How  like  the  final  moments  in  the  hospital  when 
about  to  lose  consciousness  he  tried  to  send  messages 
to  various  ones  by  name,  and  with  remarkable  self- 
control  he  realized  that  consciousness  was  almost  gone, 
he  said,  "My  love  to  all— all— to— all." 

Writing  to  him  again  in  detail  of  matters  here  that 
came  to  our  notice,  he  states  in  another  letter : 

"Indeed  you  do  not  write  too  much  in  detail,  as 
you  say.  You  could  not  do  that.  I  want  to  know 
about  everybody.  I  want  to  know  everything,  as  we 
have  not  yet  had  many  letters  from  home,  our  mail 
not  being  very  regular,  and  I  am  hungry,  constantly 
hungry,  for  news  from  my  dear  people." 

A  Minute  among  his  papers  in  reference  to  the  death 
of  Secretary  Hay,  written  in  his  own  handwriting  and 
signed  by  himself,  with  slight  alteration  as  to  name 
and  one  or  two  words,  might  fit  here : 

"Today  our  church  is  stricken  in  his  death,  a  loss  to 
the  world  so  great  as  about  to  swallow  up  our  own 

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2ln  ffitmarmm 

sense  of  personal  sorrow.  May  the  consolations  of 
God  be  abundantly  with  his  household.  May  the 
nation  ever  cherish  his  memory  and  emulate  his 
example.    So  we  devoutly  pray." 

He  also  read  on  that  occasion  two  verses  of  a  beauti- 
ful poem,  the  copy  of  which  is  at  hand,  and  which  he 
spoke  of  a  number  of  times : 

"I  know  the  night  is  near  at  hand, 
The  mists  lie  low  on  hill  and  bay; 

The  autumn  sheaves  are  dewless,  dry, 
But  I  have  had  the  day — 
Yes,  I  have  had,  dear  Lord,  the  day. 

When  at  thy  call  I  have  the  night, 
Brief  be  the  twilight  as  I  pass 

From  light  to  dark,  from  dark  to  light." 

Beneath  all  the  gracious  geniality  you  so  well  knew 
and  that  administrative  power  of  such  high  order  that 
the  Doctor  possessed,  was  an  intense  love  for  God's 
cause  and  a  compassion  for  man's  welfare.  His 
boundless  charity  and  commitment  of  himself  in  all 
his  virile  powers  to  men  in  their  need  for  sympathy, 
for  service,  were  pronounced  and  conspicuous.  One 
day  one  applied  to  him  (when  I  had  the  honor  to 
be  in  his  company)  for  sympathy  and  help  and, 
most  of  all,  friendship,  I  was  surprised  to  hear  him 
say  that  he  had  never  met  the  man  before;  just  inci- 
dentally heard  of  him.  Upon  my  remarking  surprise 
he  said : 

"I  tell  you  brother,  it  is  our  business  to  help  every 
man  in  distress.  It  is  our  business  to  give  our  sym- 
pathy to  every  one  who  asks  it,  who  needs  it,  whether 
they  express  it  or  not." 

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31  n  iflfouwriam 

He  had  deep  piety.  Never  once  was  there  even  a 
suggestion  of  forcing  piety  or  putting  on  appearances. 
He  was  a  man  of  God  and  a  man  among  men.  There 
are  some  people  in  this  great  world  of  ours — and 
Doctor  Hamlin  was  conspicuously  one — who  remind 
us  of  fragrant  flowers.  Whenever  they  draw  near  we 
are  glad,  but  know  not  always  why.  They  rest  us,  for 
they  are  the  embodiment  of  peace.  They  inspire  us, 
for  they  are  full  of  inspiration  of  the  highest  order. 
The  perfume  of  their  presence  and  influence  will  be 
wafted  to  us  through  the  days  to  come,  and  we  are 
better  men  and  women  for  having  known  them.  You 
and  I  meet  these  soul  flowers — catch  a  glimmer  of 
their  soul  life  later  on  as  they,  like  our  beloved  friend, 
drift  away  on  that  Heaven-bound  vessel.  We  feel — 
oh,  so  strongly — as  we  watch  them  out  of  sight,  that 
what  we  call  death  is  only  transition. 

Was  ever  a  life  more  ideal  in  the  home  than  Doctor 
Hamlin's  life?  His  wife  and  two  noble  boys  were  to 
him  a  cherished  possession;  an  exceptional  wife  of  an 
exceptional  husband,  as  they  are  worthy  sons  of  a 
worthy  sire.  On  the  4th  of  February,  1873,  his  com- 
panion said  to  him  in  response  to  the  minister,  when 
she  became  his  wife,  "I  will."  The  17th  of  April,  1907, 
that  same  dear  wife  can  say,  "I  have."  Did  ever  a 
man  more  dearly  love  the  partner  of  his  life,  and  did 
ever  a  good  wife  more  merit  that  love?  His  affection, 
his  solicitude,  his  devotion  to  the  minutest  detail  for 
her  comfort,  were  most  sweet  and  tender.  Shall  I 
ever  forget  the  day  when  he  came  to  the  chapel  study 
and  informed  me  that  his  wife  was  about  to  go  to  the 
hospital  for  a  serious  operation  and  how  he  felt  his 

[20] 


31  n  Ufamnriam 

whole  life  was  hanging  by  a  thread.  And  when  we 
knelt  down  together,  he  said :  "My  heart  is  too  full ; 
you  pray."    So  simple,  so  sublime. 

And  he  loved  those  boys  of  his.  No  morning  ever 
passed  without  his  writing  first  of  all  to  his  sons.  As 
was  said,  he  would  come  to  his  study  at  eight  thirty, 
when  the  first  thing  he  would  do  was  to  pen  letters  to 
his  boys,  and  that  he  has  done  for  years,  as  long  as  it 
has  been  my  privilege  and  high  honor  to  know  and 
love  him. 

There  are,  it  is  true,  two  immortalities,  as  one  has 
rightly  said,  one  we  take  with  us  when  we  go  hence 
to  the  great  beyond,  and  the  other  we  leave  here,  an 
immortality  of  influence  that  will  live  and  grow  and 
never  die. 

As  Timothy  loved  Paul,  so  I  loved  him. 

Five  separate  years  in  Dr.  Hamlin's  life  stand  out 
conspicuously:  1847,  born;  1871,  preaching  for  the 
first  time;  1873,  married;  1886,  Washington  and  the 
"Covenant";  1907,  crowned!  What  would  he  say — 
what  does  he  say — to  you  and  me  here  today  ?    Listen : 

"Be  strong,  we  are  not  here  to  play,  to  dream,  to  drift. 
We  have  hard  work  to  do,  and  loads  to  lift. 
Shun  not  the  struggle ;  face  it ;  'tis  God's  gift. 

It  matters  not  how  deep  intrenched  the  wrong, 
How  hard  the  battle  goes,  the  day  how  long. 
Faint  not;  fight  on,  tomorrow  comes  the  song." 

Farewell,  pastor,  husband,  father,  friend.    Farewell ! 


[21] 


3Jn  Mtmatmm 


MEMORIAL  SERVICES 
Church  of  the  Covenant 

Sunday,  April  28,  190/,  at  4  P.  M. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

General  John  W.  Foster,  Presiding. 

INVOCATION. 
Rev.  Samuel  H.  Greene, 

Pastor  of  Calvary  Baptist  Church. 

O  Thou  who  hast  created  us  and  bound  us  together  by- 
tender  and  holy  ties  in  families  and  church  and  com- 
munities; Thou  who  hast  taught  us  to  believe  that 
like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children  so  Thou  dost  pity 
us  in  the  hours  of  bereavement  and  sorrow,  we  be- 
seech Thee  to  look  with  compassion  upon  us  today. 
An  afflicted  family,  a  bereaved  church,  a  saddened 
community,  we  bow  before  Thee  and  say  in  our 
sorrow,  "The  Lord  hath  given,  the  Lord  hath  taken 
away;  and  blessed  be  His  name."  And  our  Father, 
while  we  seek  here  in  this  solemn  hour  to  honor  the 
memory  of  one  whom  Thou  didst  so  richly  endow  and 
so  greatly  use  for  the  advancement  of  Thy  Kingdom 
and  the  welfare  of  men,  we  pray  that  Thou  wilt  come 
and  lead  us,  and  may  Thy  presence  be  felt  and  recog- 
nized by  each  worshipper  today.  Behind  the  face 
we  so  sadly  miss,  may  we  find  yet  the  One  face  and 
hear  the  One  voice  and  be  comforted  by  the  presence 
of  Him  who  is  the  resurrection  and  the  life.  For  His 
sake  we  ask  it.    Amen. 

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3ltt  fUtanrtam 

Opening  Remarks  by  Gen.  John  W.  Foster. 

One  week  ago  we  paid  our  last  sad  homage  of  love 
and  devotion  to  our  beloved  pastor  in  this  sanctuary, 
the  scene  of  his  labors;  and  followed  his  remains  to 
their  resting  place  in  the  cemetery.  Today  we  come 
again  into  the  House  of  God  to  honor  his  memory  by  a 
brief  review  of  his  work  in  Washington  during  the 
last  twenty-one  years.  This  review  will  be  made  by 
those  who  were  associated  with  him  officially  and  by 
other  of  his  friends  who  bring  us  their  loving  tribute 
to  our  departed  brother. 


[23] 


3  it  iHrmonam 


DR.  HAMLIN'S  RELIGIOUS  WORK. 

Mr.  Henry  B.  F.  Macfarland, 
On  Behalf  of  the  Session. 

All  his  work  as  a  minister  of  God  and  as  a  servant 
of  this  people  can  well  be  called  "religious."  His 
thought  of  all  that  he  did  was  that  it  should  be  to  the 
glory  0;f  God  and  for  the  good  of  men.  But  the  Ses- 
sion, in  the  division  of  the  subject  this  afternoon,  is 
to  speak  of  what  are  commonly  called  the  religious 
duties  of  the  pastor  of  a  Christian  church ;  his  leader- 
ship in  the  spiritual  activities — the  distinctively  spirit- 
ual activities  of  the  church;  in  the  eternal  things  as 
contrasted  with  the  temporalities.  It  was  as  a 
preacher  and  as  a  pastor  that  the  Session  desire,  in 
these  very  few  minutes,  to  speak  of  Doctor  Hamlin. 

Most  of  you  know  what  he  was  as  a  preacher.  We 
are  standing  in  the  place  where  he  stood  Sunday  after 
Sunday,  week  after  week,  year  after  year,  faithfully 
delivering  the  whole  counsel  of  God,  preaching  the 
Word,  instant  in  season  and  out  of  season,  always 
with  the  most  careful  preparation — there  was  never 
any  thought  of  Saturday  night  preparation  for  his 
pulpit  service;  and  always  with  saneness,  always  with 
strength,  always  with  manliness,  so  that  at  home,  in  our 
own  city,  and  in  many  of  the  pulpits  of  our  own  country, 
and  in  pulpits  abroad,  he  had  opportunity  after  oppor- 

[24] 


3ltt  HHemnrtam 

tunity  to  speak  to  many  people  because  of  what  he  had 
done  here.  It  really  seems  unnecessary  to  dwell  upon 
his  service  as  a  preacher.  It  was  faithful,  it  was 
zealous,  it  was  sincere,  and  those  of  us  who  had  the 
privilege  of  hearing  him  oftenest,  whether  he  spoke  in 
this  pulpit,  in  the  Sunday  School,  in  the  mission  school, 
in  the  societies  of  Christian  Endeavor  or  in  any  of  the 
other  meetings  of  this  church,  are  most  grateful  for  the 
soldierly,  straight-forward,  courageous,  and  tender 
preaching  of  our  pastor. 

But  it  was  as  a  pastor  that  he  excelled.  It  was  as 
the  shepherd,  the  good  shepherd,  not  the  hireling,  not 
the  one  who  serves  for  money  or  for  fame,  but  the 
one  who  serves  out  of  love,  and  who  literally  gives  his 
life  for  his  sheep,  that  he  will  stand  longest  in  our 
memory.  We  may  forget  his  sermons ;  we  may  forget 
his  public  services,  but  none  of  us  shall  ever  be  able  to 
forget  his  appreciation  in  time  of  joy  or  his  sympathy 
in  time  of  sorrow.  There  is  hardly  a  home  connected 
with  this  church  which  in  the  past  twenty-one  years 
has  not  known  in  some  intimate  way  the  tenderness, 
the  sympathy,  the  counsel,  the  admonition,  the  en- 
couragement, of  this  good  man. 

It  would  not  be  possible  for  any  of  us  to  speak  in 
public  of  those  things  which  are  deepest  in  our  hearts 
as  related  to  him.  It  would  not  be  possible  for  us  to 
give  publicly  the  reasons  for  the  devotion  which  we 
feel  to  his  memory  because  of  what  he  was  to  us  in  the 
time  of  our  joy  or  in  the  time  of  our  sorrow.  There 
was  much  in  his  own  personality,  much  in  his  own  dis- 
position, but  most  in  the  love  of  Jesus  Christ  in  his 
own  heart,  to  bring  us  into  this  close  and  affectionate 

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3tt  fHrmnrtam 

relation  to  him.  He  came  into  our  homes  as  Jesus 
came  into  the  home  of  Bethany,  rejoicing  in  our  joy, 
constant  in  our  ills,  laughing  with  us,  weeping  with 
us,  in  the  intimacy  which  is  only  possible  to  Christian 
friendship  and  most  possible  between  the  pastor  and 
his  people. 

The  Session  will  never  forget  how  he  received  those 
whom  he  had  prepared  for  union  with  the  church, 
especially  those  from  the  Sunday  Schools,  the  girls 
and  the  boys  whom  he  loved.  We  shall  never  forget 
how  he  welcomed  them ;  how  gently  and  thoughtfully 
and  lovingly  he  asked  the  questions  necessary  to  bring 
out  their  fitness  for  uniting  with  the  church.  We 
shall  never  forget  how,  in  all  his  ministrations  as  mod- 
erator of  the  session,  as  its  representative,  publicly 
and  privately,  he  spoke  with  loving  tact  and  with 
gracious  sympathy  and  with  fidelity  to  the  principles 
and  the  standards  of  the  church.  It  seems  to  us  that 
it  was  as  the  good  shepherd,  the  follower,  the  imitator 
of  the  Great  Shepherd,  that  he  is  best  and  longest  to  be 
remembered. 

As  we  think  o;f  all  his  gentle  ministries  throughout 
these  many  years,  as  we  think  of  all  his  sane  and  faith- 
ful advice;  as  we  think  of  what  he  was  to  many  who 
came  to  this  church  as  to  a  sanctuary,  fleeing  from 
those  who  threatened  their  spiritual  life,  we  feel  more 
than  ever  that  we  should  thank  God  that  we  had  so 
long  the  service  of  such  a  man.  We  may  well  say  of 
him  what  Matthew  Arnold  said  of  his  father,  the  great 
Arnold  of  Rugby,  in  the  inscription  that  is  on  the  wall 
of  the  chapel  at  Rugby: 

[26] 


Sin  ffflwnnriam 

______ _ 

"But  thou  wouldst  not  alone  be  saved, 

My  father ;  alone  conquer,  and  come  to  thy  goal, 

Leaving  the  rest  in  the  wild. 

We  were  weary,  and  we  fearful,  and 

We  fain  to  drop  down  and  to  die. 

Still  thou  turnedst  and  still  gavest  thy  hand  to  the 

weary. 
If,  in  the  paths  of  the  world  stones  may  have  wounded 

thy  feet, 
Toil  or  dejection  thy  spirit,  of  this  we  knew  nothing. 
To  us  thou  wert  still  cheerful  and  helpful  and  firm. 
Therefore  to  thee  it  was  given  many  to  save  with 

thyself 
Oh,  faithful  shepherd,  to  come  bearing  thy  sheep  in 

thy  hand." 


[27] 


31  tt  JHemnriatn 


DR.  HAMLIN'S  SERVICES  TO  THE  POOR  AND 
UNFORTUNATE. 

Mr.  Charles  F.  Nesbit, 
On  Behalf  of  the  Board  of  Deacons. 

When  speaking  of  the  superior  man  we  need  only 
attempt  to  discover  the  reality,  the  facts.  The  superior 
man  grows  continually  greater  as  more  and  more  of 
his  life  is  known,  more  of  his  acts  are  brought  to  mind, 
more  of  his  character  revealed. 

Dr.  Hamlin  was  a  superior  man.  His  simplicity,  his 
repose  of  manner,  his  modesty,  gave  to  the  casual 
acquaintance  little  idea  of  his  ceaseless  activity  or  his 
enormous  accomplishment. 

I  am  to  speak  particularly,  today,  of  Dr.  Hamlin's 
services  to  the  poor  and  unfortunate.  The  quantity  of 
his  ministrations  would  alone  be  sufficient  subject  mat- 
ter for  a  long  address.  Not  only  was  he  intimately 
acquainted  with  all  the  work  in  this  church,  but  with 
the  more  extended  demands  of  Peck  Chapel.  But  it 
is  simply  surprising  the  number  of  outside  activities, 
charities  and  philanthropies  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected, and  the  amount  of  service  he  rendered  them. 
The  Central  Union  Mission,  the  Hope  and  Help  Mis- 
sion, Bruen  Home,  The  Homeward  Bound  Mission, 
The  Florence  Crittenten  Mission,  and  the  Instructive 
Visiting  Nurses  Society,  and  many  others  knew  his 
active  help  and  sympathy.     It  is  of  interest  that  every 

[28] 


3ln  iUpmortatn 

single  order  for  clothing,  shoes,  etc.,  issued  by  the 
Citizens'  Relief  Association  of  the  District,  bore  his 
name  as  Vice-President.  Mr.  Weller  of  the  Associated 
Charities  tells  me  that  Dr.  Hamlin  called  him  up  as 
frequently  or  more  frequently  than  any  other  pastor 
in  the  city  to  inquire  about  their  work,  and  especially 
about  specific  cases.  And  that  he  was  most  punctual  in 
attendance  upon  the  Directors'  meetings  of  the  Citizens' 
Relief  Association. 

It  is  not  with  the  quantity  of  his  work,  however,  that 
we  now  are  primarily  concerned.  The  character  of  a 
man  is  to  be  found  not  so  much  in  the  quantity  as  in 
the  quality  of  his  work. 

Our  modern,  pushing,  materialistic  civilization  has 
laid  its  great  emphasis  on  material  things.  Emerson 
truly  estimated  it  when  he  said:  "Things  are  in  the 
saddle  and  ride  mankind."  This  virus  of  materialism 
has  attacked  even  the  organized  and  unorganized 
charities  of  the  age.  It  is  not  unfair  to  even  the  Chris- 
tian portion  of  American  citizenship  to  say  that  the 
great  majority  of  those  interested  in  the  organized 
efforts  to  aid  the  poor  and  unfortunate  have  not  taken 
seriously  the  statement  of  Jesus  that  "men  do  not 
live  by  bread  alone."  Dr.  Hamlin  not  only  saw  clearly 
this  truth,  but  his  service  was  a  continual  proof  that  he 
gave  to  people  the  other  and  greater  necessity,  earnest, 
direct  personal  sympathy  and  love.  To  Dr.  Hamlin 
any  and  all  who  needed  help  of  any  kind  were  human 
beings  in  distress.  He  moved  easily  among  the  strong 
and  the  wealthy,  without  arrogance,  and  just  as  easily 
among  the  poor  and  unfortunate,  without  condecen- 
sion.     He  never  assumed  that  he  was  his  brother's 

[29] 


3Jn  fflrmnriam 

keeper,  but  saw  that  greater  truth  that  to  be  a  man's 
brother  is  infinitely  greater  than  to  assume  to  be  his 
keeper. 

If  ever  a  man  could  have  avoided  easily  and  with- 
out criticism  the  expenditure  of  much  time  in  ser- 
vices to  the  poor  and  unfortunate,  Dr.  Hamlin  had  the 
opportunity.  The  pastor  of  a  wealthy  and  prosperous 
church,  located  in  the  center  of  the  best  residence  sec- 
tion, of  a  city  particularly  free — among  its  white  popu- 
lation, at  least — from  the  suffering  entailed  by  poverty. 
His  congregation,  almost  without  exception  composed 
of  substantial  people,  and  that  congregation  sufficiently 
large  to  take  all  of  any  active  man's  time  and  atten- 
tion ;  there  could  never  have  been  the  slightest  criticism 
had  he  not  gone  out  of  his  legitimate  work,  as  pastor 
of  this  great  church.  The  quality  of  the  man's  charac- 
ter is  revealed  by  the  fact  that  he  continually  and  con- 
tinuously did  go  outside.  He  was  ever  looking  for 
those  who  needed  help.  He  hunted  them  up.  I  shall 
give  only  one  instance  today,  typical  and  illustrative — 
but  which  to  any  fair  mind  forever  settles  any  possible 
question  as  to  the  real  motive  behind  any  and  every 
act  which  Dr.  Hamlin  performed.  When  I  came  to 
Washington  in  1886  the  Secretary  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  here  was  Mr.  James  M.  Pugh. 
Dr.  Hamlin  knew  him  and  valued  his  ability  and  ser- 
vices, and  loved  him  as  a  man.  The  Doctor  was  out  of 
the  city  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Pugh's  death.  On  his  return 
to  the  city,  however,  he  not  only  wrote  a  letter  but 
called  upon  Mrs.  Pugh,  telling  her  how  much  he  had 
admired  and  loved  her  husband,  saying  how  sorry  he 
was  that  he  had  not  been  in  the  city  at  the  time  of 

[30] 


31  it  Msmatizm 

his  sickness,  and  begging  that  if  he  could  ever  be  of 
help  to  her,  that  she  would  command  him.  Mrs.  Pugh 
belonged  to  another  church;  was  not  even  a  Presby- 
terian. Some  years  later,  in  great  perplexity,  she  felt 
that  she  must  turn  to  some  one,  for  counsel  and  advice. 
She  went  to  Dr.  Hamlin.  She  has  frequently  told  me 
how  very  kind  and  considerate  he  was,  how  much  time 
he  gave  her,  and  he  wrote  about  the  matter  that  she 
had  in  hand  then,  three  or  four  letters.  After  that 
she  not  infrequently  saw  him,  always  to  get  the  same 
sympathetic  helpful  counsel.  She  always  came  from 
him  cheered  and  strengthened,  and  she  never  left  him 
without  an  urgent  invitation  that  she  should  come  to 
see  him  again.  She  felt  that  in  him  she  had  a  friend 
and  adviser  whose  interest  was  genuine  and  who  had 
time  to  take  up  with  her  the  perplexing  questions  of 
her  life.  This  was  Dr.  Hamlin,  always  and  ever.  When 
we  consider  a  quality  of  service  like  this  and  know 
something  of  its  quantity,  we  begin  to  appreciate  the 
greatness  of  Teunis  S.  Hamlin. 


[31] 


3n  iftrmnriam 


DR.   HAMLIN'S  RELATIONS   TO   THE   TEM- 
PORALITIES OF  THE  CHURCH. 

Mr.  Charles  D.  Walcott, 
On  behalf  of  the  Trustees. 

From  the  inception  of  religious  thought  men  have 
to  a  greater  or  less  degree  magnified  the  temporalities 
of  their  religion.  The  spiritualities  have  often  fol- 
lowed rather  than  dominated.  With  Dr.  Hamlin 
there  was  such  a  strong  sense  of  the  reality  and 
power  of  his  religious  belief,  and  he  so  clearly  mani- 
fested it,  that  few  fully  realized  the  business  sagacity 
and  common  sense  with  which  he  treated  all  matters 
pertaining  to  the  temporal  affairs  of  the  church  and 
to  the  educational  and  charitable  organizations  with 
which  he  was  connected. 

He  gave,  as  was  needed,  of  his  time  and  energy  in 
this  direction,  and  as  unselfishly  and  thoroughly  as 
in  his  other  activities.  Throughout  his  pastorate  the 
members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  church  were 
impressed  by  the  thorough  manner  in  which  he  pre- 
pared and  discussed  the  business  questions  he  brought 
before  the  Board.  Usually,  in  such  a  Board,  any  im- 
portant matter  is  referred  to  a  sub-committee  for  con- 
sideration and  report,  but  in  the  business  affairs  of 
the  Church  of  the  Covenant  Dr.  Hamlin  gave  such 
full  consideration  to  all  pending  questions  that  his 
reports  were  accepted  and  he  was  asked  for  specific 

[32] 


3ln  Mtmariwn 

recommendations.  He  was  a  safe,  sane  and  wise  ad- 
viser, and  the  prosperity  of  the  Church  is  largely  due 
to  that  fact  and  to  the  catholicity  which  disposed  him 
to  welcome  and  readily  accept  the  views  of  others  and 
thus  to  co-operate  for  the  common  good  of  the  organ- 
ization. 

He  fully  appreciated  the  great  business  capacity  of 
Mr.  Gardiner  Greene  Hubbard,  Mr.  James  E.  Fitch, 
and  others,  with  whom  he  worked  for  years  in  placing 
the  affairs  of  the  Church  upon  a  sound  basis.  He 
was  fortunate  in  having  such  able  support,  and  they 
were  fortunate  in  having  as  a  leader  a  man  so  broad 
in  all  the  relations  of  life  that  he  could  be  relied  upon 
to  carry  out  effectively  all  approved  plans  of  an  ad- 
ministrative and  business  character. 

Dr.  Hamlin's  keen  business  insight  and  unusual  ad- 
ministrative ability  attracted  and  held  men  to  him  in 
the  service  of  the  Church.  These  qualities,  in  addi- 
tion to  his  broad  humanity  and  Christianity,  brought 
him  into  close  touch  with  all  classes  and  held  in  the 
Church  men  eminent  as  statesmen,  scientists,  lawyers, 
and  leaders  in  business  and  civic  life. 

I  asked  Mr.  James  E.  Fitch,  for  many  years  treas- 
urer of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant  and  a  member 
with  Dr.  Hamlin  of  the  building  committee  when  the 
present  edifice  was  erected,  his  opinion  of  Dr.  Ham- 
lin's business  qualifications.  Mr.  Fitch  wrote  as  fol- 
lows: 

"From  an  intimate  association  with  Dr.  Hamlin  of 
nearly  twenty-one  years  I  had  large  opportunity  of 
seeing  this  side  of  his  character,  and  was  continually 
surprised  at  his  wonderful  combination  of  professional 

[33  1 


3tt  JHrinnrtam 

and  business  ability.  As  a  business  man  or  as  a  lawyer 
he  could  not  have  failed  of  great  success.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  building  committee,  and  it  was  a  de- 
light as  well  as  a  great  help  to  have  the  assistance  of 
a  man  so  clear  headed  and  yet,  while  decided  and  posi- 
tive in  his  convictions,  always  considerate  of  the 
opinions  of  others.  The  ideas  advanced  by  him  at  the 
meetings  of  the  committee  were  always  given  glad 
consideration,  and  much  of  his  business  ability  is  in- 
corporated in  the  stones  of  our  church  building.  Of 
his  faculty  to  raise  money,  the  fact  that  within  fifteen 
years  from  the  commencement  of  the  building  of  our 
Church  the  whole  cost  ($215,000)  was  met  is  suffi- 
cient evidence." 

My  personal  experience  on  a  building  committee 
with  Dr.  Hamlin  was  slightly  different  from  that  of 
Mr.  Fitch.  It  was  in  connection  with  the  extension 
and  rebuilding  of  Peck  Memorial  Chapel.  The  com- 
mittee met  for  organization  and  appointed  Dr.  Ham- 
lin and  Dr.  Smith  a  sub-committee  with  power;  the 
full  committee  met  again  incidentally  at  the  opening 
qf  the  new  building.  Meeting  Dr.  Hamlin  one  day 
I  asked  how  matters  were  going  at  the  Peck  Chapel 
building;  he  answered  at  once,  "All  right,  but  I  must 
take  my  wheel  and  call  on  the  friends  of  the  movement 
as  money  is  needed  and  I  do  not  like  a  debt."  The 
money  was  secured. 

Again  when  the  chapel  of  the  Church  of  the  Cove- 
nant was  burned  out,  it  happened  that  I  met  our  pastor 
in  the  entrance  hall.  He  was  wet,  begrimed  with 
smoke,  but  cheerful  because  the  damage  was  relatively 

[34] 


3)n  fflrmnriam 

small.     He  was  a  man  equal  to  the  occasion  in  tem- 
poral as  in  spiritual  affairs. 

In  meeting  Dr.  Hamlin  in  the  social  life  of  the 
Capital  City,  the  impression  gained  was  that  of  a  man 
of  the  world  in  the  best  sense,  with  a  keen  sense  of 
humor,  an  intense  enjoyment  of  life,  with  broad  sym- 
pathies, business  capacity,  and  sound  judgment;  all 
dominated  by  a  deep  and  spiritual  nature  that  was  part 
of  himself  and  of  his  daily  life.  He  was  broad  minded 
and  progressive,  quick  to  catch  the  spirit  of  others, 
and  it  may  be  truthfully  said  of  him  that  he  "stood 
with  his  face  to  the  East  and  his  mind  open  to  all 
truth." 


L35] 


3n  fUemariam 


DR.  HAMLIN'S  RELATION  TO  THE  PRESBY- 
TERY AND  THE  DENOMINATION. 

MEMORIAL  OF  PRESBYTERY. 

READ    BY 

Rev.  Charles  Alvin  Smith, 
Clerk  of  Presbytery. 

The  Presbytery  of  Washington  City  has  been  startled 
and  saddened  by  the  announcement  of  the  sudden 
death  of  our  co-presbyter  and  brother,  Rev.  T.  S. 
Hamlin,  D.  D.,  and  desires  to  put  on  record  its  tribute 
to  his  exceptional  worth  and  service  in  this  presbytery. 

The  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin  was  born  in  Glenville, 
N.  Y.,  May  31,  1847,  was  an  alumnus  of  Union  Col- 
lege, N.  Y.,  and  received  his  theological  training  at  the 
Reformed  (Dutch)  Theological  Seminary,  New  Bruns- 
wick, N.  J.,  and  at  the  Union  Theological  Seminary, 
New  York  City.  He  was  ordained  by  the  presbytery 
of  Troy  in  1871. 

After  a  pastorate  of  thirteen  years  in  Troy,  New 
York,  and  one  of  two  years  at  Mt.  Auburn,  Ohio,  he 
came  to  this  presbytery  to  assume  the  pastorate  of  the 
young  Church  of  the  Covenant,  which  proved  to  be  his 
life  work  of  unusual  usefulness  and  distinction.  He  was 
its  first  and  only  pastor.  Its  infancy,  its  location  and 
opportunities  made  increasing  and  varied  demands  for 

[36] 


3(n  fHemortam 

which  during  two  decades  he  proved  himself  strong, 
capable  and  resourceful,  so  that  the  church,  both  in  its 
material  and  spiritual  building  stands  in  this  commu- 
nity his  beautiful  and  enduring  monument. 

He  was  well  furnished  for  the  multiplied  and  com- 
plex demands  of  the  modern  pastorate.  His  fine  en- 
dowments of  intellect  and  spirit  had  equipment  of  a 
physical  health  and  strength  that  enabled  quick  and 
constant  response  to  his  increasing  and  varied  duties. 
A  student,  and  a  man  of  affairs  well  poised  and  cul- 
tured, wise  in  counsel,  patient  in  perplexities,  positive 
in  decision,  fertile  in  expedients,  courageous  in  convic- 
tion, indefatigable  in  labors,  keen  yet  fraternal  in  his 
fellowships,  genial,  ready  and  sympathetic  in  our  varied 
relationships,  he  was  efficient  and  successful  in  leader- 
ship and  action,  and,  with  an  abiding  sense  of  the  Di- 
vine Presence,  and  an  unswerving  loyalty  to  his  own 
convictions  of  truth  and  duty,  he  revealed  himself  a 
good  minister  of  Jesus  Christ. 

He  was  a  faithful  presbyter,  ever  ready  with  time 
and  labor  for  the  smallest  demand  of  the  humblest 
need  and  counting  the  service  of  the  Church  the  im- 
perative and  supreme  call  upon  his  best  gifts  of  intellect 
and  soul. 

He  was  catholic  in  his  interests,  recognizing  any- 
where the  kinship  of  right  and  justice,  responsive 
cheerfully  to  the  interests  and  needs  of  good  citizen- 
ship and  especially  welcoming  every  opportunity  for 
inter-denominational  fraternity  and  expression,  and 
evincing  in  word  and  prayer  his  constant  yearning  for 
the  visible  unity  of  the  Church  of  Christ. 

We  sorrow  most  of  all  that  we  shall  see  his  face  no 

[37] 


3n  fftemnriam 

more.  We  can  scarcely  realize  his  departure.  His 
last  words  spoken  on  Tuesday  in  presbytery  were 
characteristically  tender  and  appreciative  of  two  of 
our  deceased  brethren,  and  still  echo  in  our  hearts. 
We  shall  miss  his  faithful  presence,  his  valued  judg- 
ment and  co-operation,  his  fellowship  and  devoted  ser- 
vice. Until  the  day  dawn  and  the  shadows  flee  away, 
farewell,  brother.  Faithful  unto  death,  thine  is  the 
crown  of  life. 

We  invoke  for  the  Church  of  the  Covenant  and  for 
the  beloved  household  so  sadly  bereaved,  the  promised 
rod  and  staff  in  this  valley  of  the  shadows,  and  com- 
mend them  lovingly  to  the  Father  of  Mercies  and  God 
of  all  Comfort  who  comforteth  us  in  all  our  affliction. 


[38] 


3tt  HKemnriam 


DR.  HAMLIN'S  RELATION  TO  THE  CHURCH 
AT  LARGE. 

Rt.  Rev.  Henry  Y.  Satterlee,  D.  D. 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Washington. 

I  gratefully  appreciate  the  privilege  in  being  invited 
to  speak  here  at  this  service  and  to  pay  my  tribute  of 
respect,  reverence  and  affection  to  our  departed  friend, 
in  whose  memory  it  is  held. 

And  perhaps  the  fact  that  I  belong  to  another  Chris- 
tian body,  enabled  me  to  see  a  side  of  his  character 
which  others  closer  to  him  in  Church  relations  could 
not  see  so  well. 

These  differences  in  various  Christian  bodies  are 
founded  upon  honest  and  religious  convictions  to  which 
each  one  has  to  be  true;  but  behind  the  convictions 
themselves,  there  is  the  deep  religious  consciousness 
shared  by  all,  that  Christianity  is,  first,  last  and  always, 
a  personal  religion  founded  upon  the  person  of  Jesus 
Christ.  And  consequently  those  who  share  and  ifeel 
that  consciousness  are  drawn  together  in  a  close  bond 
of  sympathy  which  death  itself  can  not  sever. 

Doctor  Hamlin,  all  through  my  intercourse  with 
him,  manifested  that  type  of  superhuman  character 
which  our  Lord  himself  describes  in  His  own  criterion 
of  discipleship :  "By  this  shall  all  men  know  that  ye 
are  my  disciples,  that  ye  love  one  another  as  I  have 

[39] 


3ln  fHemnnam 

loved  you."  And  beneath  this  love  and  this  sympathy 
there  was  the  balance.  It  was  not  an  intemperate  sym- 
pathy ;  it  was  not  an  undisciplined  love.  God  had  given 
him  the  spirit  of  power,  of  love  and  a  sound  mind,  and 
those  of  other  Christian  bodies  who  were  brought  close 
to  him  felt  more  and  more  as  we  listened  to  his  coun- 
sels and  depended  upon  them,  that  if  he  had  a  warm 
heart  he  had  also  a  cool  head. 

I  suppose  both  of  us  were  drawn  very  close  together 
in  that  which  is  an  ardent  hope  and  expectation  of  the 
far  future,  the  reunion  of  Christendom.  But  it  is 
not  for  us  to  know  the  times  and  the  seasons.  There 
are  difficulties  in  the  way,  and  he  always  faced  these 
difficulties  with  such  soberness  of  judgment  that  I  often 
conferred  with  him  regarding  them.  When  we  met 
together,  as  we  did  once  every  three  months  in  our 
little  clerical  association  where  we  discussed  the  points 
of  Union  and  points  of  difference  between  Christians, 
as  Doctor  Greene,  who  was  one  of  us,  well  knows, 
Doctor  Hamlin's  sympathies  were  always  more  on  the 
side  of  points  of  union  than  the  points  of  difference. 

When  the  news  came  so  suddenly  that  he  was  gone, 
I  personally  felt  that  kind  of  pain  which  one  experi- 
ences when  a  cord  of  our  life  is  snapped  asunder,  bind- 
ing us  with  the  past.  I  felt  that  a  friend  was  taken 
away,  whom  we  could  ill  afford  to  lose;  a  friend  who 
was  standing  at  our  side  and  at  my  side,  as  we  en- 
deavored together  to  be  witnesses  for  Jesus  Christ  in 
the  complicated  religious  conditions  of  this  city. 

He  is  gone.  But  thank  God  he  has  left  his  mark  on 
this  community,  a  mark  more  indelible  than  that  graven 
upon  stone,  in  witnessing  for  Christ,  and  showing  us 
that— 

[40] 


3fn  Ulnjtnriam 

"Life,  with  all  it  yields  of  joy  or  woe, 
Of  hope  and  fear, 

Is  just  our  chance  o'  the  prize  of  learning  love" — 
Even  the  love  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Yes,  he  is  gone.  It  seems  a  strange  anomaly  that 
when  one  is  Christlike,  the  nearer  he  approaches  God 
in  his  character,  the  harder  it  is  to  part  from  him.  It 
seems  a  stranger  contradiction  to  the  outer  world,  that 
a  man  should  be  taken  away  in  the  very  zenith  of  his 
strength  and  manhood's  power,  but  to  us  Christians 
there  is  no  contradiction  here,  for  we  know  that  he  is 
called  up  to  a  higher  sphere  of  service.  Death  is  not  the 
end.  Where  the  earthly  ends,  the  Heavenly  life  begins ; 
and  it  is  the  letting  out  of  our  human  life  to  its  full 
freedom,  its  full  power,  its  full  completion  in  Jesus 
Christ,  our  Lord. 

"Beloved,  it  does  not  appear  what  we  shall  be,  but 
we  know  that  when  He  shall  appear  we  shall  be  like 
Him ;  for  we  shall  see  Him  as  He  is."  And  thank  God 
today  we  know  also,  that  under  the  shadow  of  His 
love,  the  friendships  that  are  begun  here  will  last 
through  eternity. 


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3n  HUpmortam 


DR.  HAMLIN'S  SERVICES  AS  A  CITIZEN. 

Mr.  Justice  Brewer, 

Of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court. 

The  gentlemen  who  have  preceded  me  have  pre- 
sented Doctor  Hamlin's  life  from  several  points  of 
view.  I  want  to  add  my  testimonial  to  his  worth  and 
speak  of  him  as  a  citizen.  That  he  did  his  work  well 
in  this  church,  this  building  felicitous  in  all  its  appoint- 
ments, and  this  congregation  strong  in  its  devotion  to 
his  memory,  fully  attest;  but  he  never  forgot  that  he 
had  other  work  to  do  than  that  inside  these  walls.  He 
saw  that  this  city,  this  nation,  called  for  wise  and 
faithful  service  and  he  freely  took  his  part  in  the  public 
life  of  both  city  and  nation.  He  rendered  unto  God 
the  things  which  were  God's,  and  at  the  same  time 
unto  Caesar  the  things  which  were  Caesar's. 

Let  me  notice  a  few  of  his  activities  outside  the 
church,  for  lack  of  time  forbids  mention  of  all.  He 
recognized  that  education  is  one  of  the  pillars  upon 
which  society  must  rest,  a  part  of  the  foundation  on 
which  must  stand  an  enduring  government  of  and  by 
the  people,  and  he  gave  no  little  time  and  thought  to 
its  promotion.  The  last  time  I  met  him — and  it  was 
but  a  few  days  before  his  death — was  at  a  gathering  of 
citizens  interested  in  an  effort  to  secure  a  site  for  the 
George  Washington  University.  He  there  made  an 
earnest  appeal  and  before  the  evening  was  over  sup- 
plemented his  faith  by  his  works. 

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3Jn  fRr  murium 

Nor  were  his  interest  and  efforts  limited  to  his  own 
race.  His  spirit  caught  the  echo  of  the  Master's 
words,  "Unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  my  brethren; 
unto  me."  He  realized  a  great  national  danger  in 
race  prejudice  and  dense  ignorance,  and  strove  to 
soften  the  one  by  removing  the  other.  He  was  for 
years  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  How- 
ard University,  that  institution,  located  in  this  capital 
city,  devoted  to  the  education  and  elevation  of  the 
colored  race,  lifted  up  as  a  light  of  inspiration  and 
hope  to  the  ten  million  descendants  of  enfranchised 
blacks  who  dwell  within  our  borders  and  are  destined 
to  become  a  mighty  ,f actor  for  weal  or  woe  in  the  fu- 
ture of  this  nation.  He  believed  that  service  to  his 
country  in  these  directions  was  duty  to  God  and  that 
by  as  much  as  he  was  promoting  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tian education  he  was  doing  the  work  of  both  a  good 
citizen  and  a  good  Christian. 

Nor  were  his  activities  limited  to  the  cause  of  edu- 
cation. He  appreciated  the  significance  of  the  Mas- 
ter's declaration,  "The  poor  always  ye  have  with  you." 
He  did  not  stand  surrounded  by  parlor  comforts  and 
with  indifferent  eyes  gaze  through  the  window  upon 
the  great  mass  of  want  and  suffering  in  the  cold  and 
rain  outside.  He  believed  in  the  Good  Samaritan. 
He  was  an  active  and  interested  Vice-President  of 
the  Citizens'  Relief  Association,  that  organization  in 
this  city  designed  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  those  in 
poverty  and  distress.  As  one  of  the  Board  of  Visitors 
to  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insame  he  helped 
to  discharge  a  sacred  duty  of  the  community  to  its 
afflicted  members. 

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3Jn  Jflentnrtam 

He  saw  the  great  danger  which  gathers  about  the 
young  in  our  large  cities  through  their  association  with 
the  vile  and  vicious,  and  so  he  gladly  acted  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Washington 
Playground  Association,  seeking  to  provide  places 
where  those  children  who  cannot  escape  from  the  con- 
fines of  the  city  may  find  ample  opportunity  for  amuse- 
ment under  influences  which  are  free  from  taint  and 
which  will  tend  to  uplift  the  boy  and  girl  into  useful 
and  capable  manhood  and  womanhood. 

Nor  did  he,  while  giving  time  and  strength  to  these 
varied  efforts  for  bettering  the  conditions  of  life  in 
city  and  nation,  ignore,  as  his  labors  in  the  Memorial 
Association  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  the  His- 
torical Society  attest,  the  blessings  which  come  by 
treasuring  the  rich  memories  of  our  short  but  glorious 
past. 

In  still  another  direction  was  his  activity  as  a  citizen 
shown.  He  was  not  what  is  sneeringly  called  a  so- 
ciety man;  that  is,  he  was  not  reveling  in  the  cheap 
gossip  of  pink  teas.  At  the  same  time  he  was  a  social 
man,  a  welcome  and  frequent  guest  at  those  gatherings 
where  ladies  and  gentlemen  of  culture  and  refinement 
meet  and  converse  about  matters  of  real  worth,  and 
where  is  constantly  developing  the  true  social  spirit 
which  is  one  of  the  bright,  sweet  unfoldings  of  human 
nature,  and  which  leads  up  to  the  inspiring  truth  of 
the  fatherhood  of  God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man. 
More  than  that,  in  public  gatherings  where  questions 
of  general  interest  were  discussed  Doctor  Hamlin  was 
a  conspicuous  and  welcome  presence.  He  was  em- 
phatically and  in  the  best  sense  of  the  term  one  of  our 

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3ln  iflfomonam 

leading  citizens,  one  of  whose  work  and  worth  we 
were  all  justly  proud. 

I  do  not  say  that  his  work  in  these  various  direc- 
tions was  more  valuable  than  as  a  Christian  minister. 
I  would  not  in  the  least  disparage  that.  At  the  same 
time  it  does  me  good  to  be  able  to  say  of  any  Christian 
minister,  as  can  be  said  of  Doctor  Hamlin,  that  his 
sympathies  and  activities  reach  out  into  the  great 
problems  of  life  and  the  needs  and  the  means  of  help- 
ing and  blessing  the  community  at  large.  Doctor 
Hamlin  was  no  politician,  not  mingling  in  the  strife  of 
party,  but  as  a  citizen  he  felt  and  showed  by  his  life  his 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  city  and  nation,  and  both  city 
and  nation  have  met  with  a  distinctive  loss  in  his  de- 
parture from  earth. 

Do  not  think,  my  friends  of  this  church,  that  you 
have  a  monopoly  of  the  precious  influences  of  his  life 
and  memory.  We  of  this  city  who  are  not  of  this 
church  share  in  them.  He  was  our  fellow-citizen. 
Thankful  for  all  the  teachings  of  his  life,  we  come  to 
testify  our  appreciation  of  the  man  and  express  our 
sense  of  our  loss  in  his  departure.  And  I  add  in  clos- 
ing that  it  is  a  great  thing  for  any  one  to  be  able  to 
say,  as  Doctor  Hamlin  could  say : 

"I  live  for  those  who  love  me, 

For  those  who  know  me  true, 
For  the  heaven  that  smiles  above  me 

And  awaits  my  coming,  too. 

For  the  cause  that  needs  assistance, 
For   the   wrong   that   needs   resistance, 
For  the  future  in  the  distance, 
And  the  good  that  I  can  do." 

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Un  iUrutnrtam 


MINUTE  ADOPTED  BY  THE  THREE  BOARDS 
OF  THE  CHURCH. 

READ  BY 

Mr.  Charles  Henry  Butler. 

For  over  twenty  years  Dr.  Hamlin  was  the  leader 
of  this  church.  He  was  proud  to  be  known  as  a  ser- 
vant of  God  and  a  servant  of  the  people,  "servant  of 
the  servants  of  God,"  but  we  all  gladly  acknowledged 
and  followed  the  leadership  which  is  inherent  in  the 
true  servant  of  all. 

All  of  his  service  was  religious.  He  knew  no  dis- 
tinction between  what  are  commonly  called  religious 
and  what  are  commonly  called  secular  things  in  the 
work  of  the  church. 

Gifted  with  unusual  business  ability  he  led  in  the 
business  affairs  of  the  church,  doing  a  great  and  price- 
less duty  which  was  not  properly  obligatory  upon  him. 
In  the  erection  of  this  edifice,  and  in  the  paying  of  the 
debt,  as  in  the  construction  and  extension  of  the  Peck 
Memorial  Chapel  building  he  led,  with  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  wisely  and  efficiently.  He  was  equally  suc- 
cessful in  every  other  financial  effort  of  the  church  and 
never  spared  himself  in  the  work,  not  always  agreeable, 
of  soliciting  money  contributions.  In  a  very  real  sense 
the  church  building  and  the  chapel  building  in  George- 
town are  his  material  monument. 

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31  tx  ittr  murium 

The  Deacons  testified  in  deep  and  constant  apprecia- 
tion to  his  incessant  and  intelligent  co-operation  with 
them  in  their  special  care  of  the  poor  of  the  parish. 
Not  only  did  he  make  public  and  private  appeals  for 
the  necessary  money,  and  in  frequent  attendance  upon 
the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Deacons  provide  sensible 
and  generous  counsel,  but  his  personal  visits  to  the 
needy  recipients  of  church  aid,  always  marked  by  per- 
sonal sympathy  as  well  as  tactfulness,  were  supple- 
mented by  personal  gifts  which  only  became  known  by 
accident  if  at  all. 

And  the  King  may  well  say  unto  him,  in  the  great 
day  of  accounting,  "Come,  blessed  of  my  father,  inherit 
the  kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation 
of  the  world :  ,for  I  was  a  hungered,  and  you  gave  me 
meat :  I  was  thirsty,  and  you  gave  me  drink :  I  was  a 
stranger,  and  you  took  me  in :  naked,  and  you  clothed 
me:  I  was  sick,  and  you  visited  me:  I  was  in  prison, 
and  you  came  unto  me." 

All  the  people  know  what  Dr.  Hamlin  was  as  a 
preacher.  They  know  that  he  preached  only  the  truth 
as  he  saw  it  and  always  with  sincerity,  earnestness  and 
solicitude.  They  know  that  he  prepared  for  the  pulpit 
with  the  same  conscientious  fidelity  which  marked  all 
his  service  and  gave  his  hearers  the  best  he  had  to  give. 
They  know  that  his  preaching  centered  in  Jesus  Christ, 
whom  he  exalted  as  the  friend  and  saviour  of  sinners. 
Dr.  Hamlin  was  sought  to  supply  many  pulpits  in  the 
principal  cities  of  this  country,  and  last  year  preached 
in  London  and  other  cities  abroad,  and  everywhere  with 
the  same  acceptance.  At  the  Northfield  Conferences, 
at   the   conventions   of   the   International    Society   of 

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3ht  fRrmnriam 

Christian  Endeavor,  of  which  he  was  a  trustee  from 
the  beginning,  as  well  as  in  the  General  Assembly,  the 
Synod  and  the  Presbytery,  his  addresses  were  known 
for  their  saneness  and  strength.  Dr.  Hamlin  gave 
every  distinctive  department  of  the  work  of  the  church 
at  home  and  abroad  its  proper  place  before  his  people. 
He  was  alike  the  intelligent  friend  and  devoted  advo- 
cate of  missionary  effort,  home  and  foreign,  and  of 
every  other  cause  of  Christ.  He  gave  time  and  thought 
especially  to  the  service  of  this  church,  through  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Paul  Dolts,  in  the  Philippines;  Miss  Mary 
Pierson  Eddy  in  Syria  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Alvin 
Smith,  in  Georgetown.  He  had  an  affectionate  regard 
for  them  all  and  never  failed  to  support  them  with  wise 
counsel  and  inspiring  encouragement.  He  gave  him- 
self unsparingly  to  the  varied  activities  of  the  Peck 
Memorial  Chapel  and  was  a  welcome  attendant  at  its 
Sunday  school  and  every  other  kind  of  meeting  which 
it  held.  Naturally,  the  Societies  of  Christian  Endeavor 
in  the  church  had  a  peculiar  hold  upon  his  affections, 
but  his  interest  in  all  other  organizations  was  constant 
and  inspiring.  The  Sunday  school  claimed  a  large 
place  in  that  interest  and  his  preparation  of  the  teach- 
ers and  others  for  the  next  Sunday's  lesson  had  become 
one  of  the  features  of  Sunday  morning.  He  took  the 
greatest  pleasure  in  the  celebration  by  the  two  Sunday 
schools  of  Children's  Day  in  the  Church  of  the  Cove- 
nant, with  all  its  beauty  of  youth  and  flowers,  and  was 
grieved  that  he  had  to  miss  the  celebration  last  year. 

The  Men's  Society  of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant 
owes  its  existence  and  largely  its  success  to  Dr.  Ham- 
lin, and  the  Society  of  the  Covenant  had  his  continual 

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3fn  fUruwriam 

support  by  advice  and  his  frequent  presence,  and  every 
other  organization  knew  his  quickening  touch  and 
appreciative  gratitude.  But  his  heart  was  not  limited 
by  his  own  church  or  church  denomination,  even  in 
their  world-wide  interests.  He  was  a  brother  to  every 
man.  He  was  the  friend  of  every  church  and  spoke 
frequently  in  pulpits  outside  of  his  own  denomination, 
and  in  general  religious  gatherings.  He  was  honored 
as  one  the  leading  supporters  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  of  the  Salvation  Army,  and  of 
the  city  missions,  and  of  every  other  organization  for 
good. 

He  took  the  part  which  a  minister  of  God  should 
take  in  the  civil  affairs  of  his  city.  He  was  proud  to 
be  a  citizen  of  the  National  Capital  and  glad  to  give 
his  best  endeavors,  where  his  regular  duties  permitted, 
to  its  upbuilding,  especially  in  its  intellectual  and  spirit- 
ual aspects,  and  in  its  care  of  the  unfortunate  members 
of  the  community.  He  answered  every  appeal  of  the 
District  Government  for  civic  service  of  citizens'  com- 
mittees counsels  as  valuable  and  effective  as  those 
which  he  gave  to  his  own  church.  He  was  a  zealous 
advocate  of  education,  public  and  private,  elementary 
and  collegiate.  He  rendered  notable  service  to  Howard 
University  and  through  it  to  the  whole  colored  race, 
besides  doing  what  he  could  for  the  other  institutions 
of  learning  here,  and  his  work  as  a  member  of  the 
board  which  looked  after  the  Presbyterian  colleges  and 
academies  of  the  country  was  admirable.  As  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the  Government  Hospital 
for  the  Insane  and  as  a  founder  of  the  Memorial  Asso- 
ciation to  preserve  and  mark  historic  places,   which 

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3ln  Urmoriam 

saved   the   house   where   Abraham   Lincoln   died,    he 
showed  the  breadth  of  his  public  interest. 

But  Dr.  Hamlin  was  pre-eminent  as  a  pastor.  It 
was  as  a  shepherd  who  was  not  a  hireling,  but  who  day 
and  night  looked  after  the  sheep,  that  he  will  remain 
longest  in  memory.  In  the  preparation  in  private  con- 
versation of  those  who  were  thinking  of  uniting  with 
the  church,  in  their  examination  before  the  session, 
in  interviews  with  doubting,  troubled,  and  repentant 
people,  in  the  faithful  and  systematic  correspondence 
with  absent  members  of  the  congregation,  in  his  per- 
sonal visits  not  only  at  the  time  of  bereavement  or 
other  great  sorrow,  but  upon  the  anniversaries  of  those 
who  had  passed  away,  at  the  sick-bed,  or  other  places 
of  sore  affliction,  at  the  funeral ;  and  no  less  at  the 
wedding  or  other  time  of  joy,  Dr.  Hamlin  was  at  his 
very  best  and  gave  to  his  people  the  very  life  of  his 
life.  In  sympathy,  in  appreciation,  he  was  comfort 
and  courage,  and  when  necessary  he  was  a  faithful 
friend  in  admonition  and  encouragement  to  better  liv- 
ing. He  was  as  systematic  in  this  as  in  all  his  labors 
or  he  would  not  have  been  able  to  accomplish  in  this 
respect,  day  after  day,  week  after  week,  what  of  itself 
would  have  been  enough  to  fill  the  day  for  any  other 
man.  This  he  did  through  all  the  years,  filled  with 
sorrows  and  joys,  triumphs  and  defeats,  of  his  min- 
istry to  this  people,  and  through  this  people  to  the 
Great  Shepherd.  And  more  than  this  can  not  be  said 
of  any  man. 


[5o] 


3ln  Mematwm 


PRAYER  AND  BENEDICTION. 

Rev.  Robert  M.  Moore. 
Pastor  of  Foundry  Methodist  Church. 

Almighty  God,  thou  knowest  how  our  hearts  are 
filled  with  a  sense  of  loss  and  loneliness  in  this  hour, 
and  as  we  think  upon  the  life  and  record  of  our  trans- 
lated friend,  our  loss  seems  all  the  greater.  And  to  it 
there  is  added  something  of  perplexity  for  those  of  us 
who  still  stand  in  the  ranks.  We  do  not  exactly  know 
who  shall  wear  his  armor,  or  who  there  is  to  assume 
the  leadership  that  he  has  surrendered.  But,  Almighty 
God,  in  spite  of  the  loss  that  settles  upon  us;  in  spite 
of  the  tears  that  may  be  in  our  hearts  as  well  as  our 
eyes,  we  give  Thee  thanks  for  this  life.  We  thank 
Thee,  O  God,  for  his  love  for  humanity;  we  thank 
Thee  for  the  deepening  consciousness  that  was  ever 
with  him  that  he  was  about  Thy  business  in  the  world 
and  that  he  was  very  insistent  upon  the  consummation 
of  the  things  that  Thou  hadst  given  him  to  do ;  and  we 
thank  Thee  today  that  the  life  which  he  lived  is  for- 
ever beyond  the  touch  or  shadow  of  time — that  it  has 
been  finished  and  that  the  crown  is  on  his  brow. 

Moreover,  we  thank  Thee,  dear  Lord,  that  there 
comes  to  us  today  a  deeper  realization,  a  better  real- 
ization, of  the  path  in  which  our  reluctant  feet  have 
been  so  slow  to  go.  We  thank  Thee  for  the  example 
that  he  has  set  before  us  as  to  how  life  might  be  good 

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31  n  19  mm  riant 

and  true  in  the  midst  of  adverse  conditions ;  as  to  how 
life  might  be  gentle  and  yet  not  have  compromise  in  it ; 
as  to  how  life  might  be  strong  and  yet  not  be  repellant. 
And  we  give  Thee  thanks  that  the  life  of  the  sons  of 
God  seems  more  reasonable  for  us,  for  our  friend  who 
has  lived  it  in  our  midst  and  whose  character  and 
whose  record  of  life  we  pray  may  not  be  lost  out  of 
our  consciousness.  And  we  give  Thee  thanks,  O  God, 
that  the  mysterious  land  that  is  just  before  us  seems 
more  real  today,  for  we  know  that  such  as  our  brother 
and  friend  cannot  be  dead.  And  therefore  we  expect 
to  find  him  again. 

But,  O  God,  we  must  needs  take  the  way  of  life. 
We  who  yet  remain  must  needs  gather  up  the  bur- 
dens. We  who  yet  stand  in  the  ranks  must  yet  go 
forth  to  warfare.  Command  Thy  blessing  to  rest 
upon  us  that  we  may  be  faithful  as  he  was;  that  we 
may  be  true,  as  was  he,  even  unto  death ;  and  upon  that 
inner  circle  of  his  life,  those  who  know  intimately 
those  relations  that  love  hath  set;  those  who  watched 
for  his  coming  and  listened  more  keenly  even  than  we, 
his  comrades.  O  God,  wilt  Thou  cause  the  south 
wind  to  breathe  through  the  lonely  home,  and  wilt 
Thou  give  those  who  mourn  the  spirit  of  comfort  and 
the  spirit  of  assurance;  and  wilt  Thou  keep  us  all  faith- 
ful unto  the  high  ideals  that  we  have  seen  wrought  out 
in  actual  life,  in  the  living  of  our  brother  and  friend. 
Grant  Thy  blessing  to  this  church  which  has  lost  its 
pastor — to  this  flock,  that  hath  lost  its  shepherd;  and 
Iceep  them,  we  pray  Thee,  as  Thou  wilt  keep  us  all, 
tinder  Thy  continual  care  and  protection  until  the  night 
is  passed  and  God's  day  shall  break. 

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3ln  Mtmarimn 

And  may  the  peace  of  God,  which  passeth  all  un- 
derstanding, keep  your  hearts  and  minds  in  the  knowl- 
edge and  the  Love  of  God  and  His  Son,  Jesus  Christ, 
and  may  the  blessing  of  Almighty  God,  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit,  rest  upon  you  and  abide  with  you 
forever,  Amen. 


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TRIBUTES  TO  THE 

REV.  TEUNIS   S.  HAMLIN,  D.D., 

BY  DIFFERENT  BODIES. 


Temple  Baptist  Church, 
washington,  d.  c. 

Whereas,  It  hath  pleased  our  heavenly  Father  sud- 
denly to  remove  from  the  scenes  of  an  honored  and 
active  ministry,  Rev.  Dr.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  pastor  of 
the  Church  of  the  Covenant,  and 

Whereas,  His  unexpected  death  has  come  as  a  keen 
sorrow  upon  his  loved  family,  on  the  church  which 
he  has  served  so  efficiently  since  its  organization,  the 
great  denomination  of  which  he  was  a  distinguished 
member,  but  also  upon  the  whole  Christian  community 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and 

Whereas,  The  Temple  Baptist  Church  of  this  city 
share  in  the  loss  experienced  by  this  decease, 

Be  it  Therefore  Resolved:  I.  That  the  death  of  such 
a  servant  of  God  concerns  people  of  every  creed  and 
church,  and  makes  us  realize  in  a  peculiar  sense  that 
in  the  fellowship  of  the  saints  all  gifts  and  graces  of 
ministry  are  a  common  blessing  to  Christendom,  and 
hence  we  all  suffer  when  any  are  withdrawn  or  cease 
to  be  operative. 

2.  That  his  truly  catholic  spirit,  the  breadth  of  his 
sympathies,  the  extensiveness  of  his  influence,  and  his 
willingness  to  respond  to  calls  outside  of  his  own  parish 
bounds  to  which  we  can  gratefully  testify,  made  him 

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3n  Hfomortam 

prominent  as  a  force  for  righteousness  in  Washing- 
ton, and  will  make  his  place  exceedingly  difficult  to  fill. 

3.  That  as  at  such  a  time  consolation  and  hope 
cometh  alone  from  the  God  of  all  comfort,  we  would 
assure  especially  those  most  immediately  affected  by 
this  dispensation  of  Providence,  our  participation  in 
their  sorrow,  and  our  prayers  that  they  may  be  graci- 
ously sustained. 

4.  That  to  his  sorely  bereaved  family  and  to  the 
afflicted  church  we  tender  expressions  of  sincere  regard 
and  sympathy,  and  desire  that  all  grace  may  richly 
abound  toward  them. 

5.  Resolved  further,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolu- 
tions be  forwarded  to  the  family  and  church  as  a 
slight  tribute  of  esteem  for  Dr.  Hamlin,  and  our  solici- 
tude for  their  highest  good  as  God  speaks  to  them  amid 
present  shadows. 

Done  by  order  of  the  church,  April  18,  1907. 

J.  J.  Muir, 
William  Fletcher, 
C.  N.  Richards, 
E.  T.  Fenwick_, 
Fred  Beall, 

Committee. 


Church  of  the  Epiphany, 
washington,  d.  c. 

Whereas,  our  Sister  Congregation  of  the  Church  of 
the  Covenant  o:f  this  city,  has  been  suddenly  deprived 
of  its  beloved  pastor  by  the  stroke  of  death, 

Resolved,  That  the  Vestry  of  the  Church  of  the 
Epiphany,  on  their  own  behalf,  and  on  behalf  of  the 
congregation  of  the  church  which  they  represent,  desire 
to  express  their  heartfelt  sympathy  with  the  Session 
and  the  people  of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant  in  their 

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sore  bereavement,  praying  that  the  God  of  all  comfort 
and  consolation  may  support  them  in  their  affliction. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Teunis  S. 
Hamlin,  D.  D.,  we  recognize  that,  not  his  own  flock 
only,  but  our  whole  city  has  been  bereaved,  for  his 
interests  and  his  labors  as  a  man  and  as  a  minister 
extended  far  beyond  the  limits  of  his  own  congrega- 
tion and  his  own  communion,  reaching  out  to  the 
community  at  large,  and  to  the  upbuilding  of  our  com- 
mon Christianity. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  trans- 
mitted, with  fraternal  greetings,  to  the  Session  of  the 
Church  of  the  Covenant. 

Randolph  H.  McKim, 
Rector. 

Attest : 

M.  E.  Miller, 

Registrar. 


New  York  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church, 
washington,  d.  c. 

The  New  York  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church  has 
heard  with  sadness  and  profound  regret  of  the  sudden 
death  of  Rev.  T.  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the 
Church  of  the  Covenant,  and  desires  to  put  on  record 
our  high  appreciation  of  his  ability,  his  devoted,  wise 
and  .faithful  service  to  the  church  of  Christ  in  this  com- 
munity and  his  intelligent  and  zealous  interest  in  the 
varied  activities  of  our  common  Presbyterianism. 

We  extend  our  tenderest  sympathies  to  this  daughter 
of  our  church  in  the  loss  of  one  who  through  these 
many  years  had  won  their  love  by  his  devotion    their 

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discipleship  by  his  wisdom  and  their  success  by  his  un- 
remitting and  consecrated  labors. 

And  we  pray  for  the  bereaved  church  and  stricken 
household  the  presence  and  comforting  grace  of  the 
Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  souls. 

Wallace  Radcliffe, 
Mod. 
Washington,  D.  C,  April  18,  1907. 


Metropolitan  Presbyterian  Church, 
washington,  d.  c. 

To  the  Session  of  Church  of  the  Covenant: 

Dear  Brethren  :  At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Ses- 
sion of  the  Metropolitan  Presbyterian  Church,  I  was 
directed  to  express  to  you  and  through  you  to  the 
church  our  deep  and  sincere  sympathy  in  the  loss  which 
has  come  to  you  and  to  the  entire  Christian  communi- 
ty in  the  death  of  Dr.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin. 

Our  earnest  prayer  is  that  the  great  Head  of  the 
church  may  bless  you  and  keep  you  and  cause  His  face 
to  shine  upon  you  and  be  gracious  unto  you  and  give 
you  peace. 

For  the  Session, 

Albert  Evans, 

Mod. 


From  Peck  Chapel. 

The  women    of    the    Missionary    Society    and    the 
Mothers'  Meeting  of  Peck  Chapel,  wish  to  express,  by 

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3n  Mtmarinm 

their  signatures,  their  affection  for  Mrs.  Hamlin,  and 
their  sincere  sympathy  in  her  great  sorrow. 

Agnes  Swinnerton  Smith,  Susanah  Kettens,  Mar- 
tha Gosnell,  Margaret  Culver,  Ellen  Smith,  Margaret 
Meyers,  Sarah  Dondolson,  Mary  Louise  De  Vaughn, 
Ada  King,  Naomi  Hickerson,  Lillie  M.  Milstead, 
Annie  E.  Imlay,  Nellie  Fowler,  Maud  Perkins,  Wil- 
helmina  Shaw,  Mary  Mobly,  Lula  Meyers,  C.  D.  Cole- 
man, E.  S.  Rowley,  Kate  R.  Waters,  Rosa  Taylor. 


Christian  Endeavor  Society. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  19,  1907. 

My  dear  Mrs.  Hamlin  : 

The  Christian  Endeavor  Society  of  Peck  Memorial 
Chapel  sends  sympathy  to  you  and  your  family  in  your 
sudden  bereavement.     We  feel  the  loss  of  Dr.  Hamlin 
more  deeply  than  we  can  express. 
Very  sincerely, 

Charles  Thaden. 


Westminster  Church, 
washington,  d.  c. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  congregation  of  Westminster 
Church  Memorial,  held  Friday  April  18,  1907,  the 
following  resolution  was  unanimously  passed : 

"That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  extend  to  Mrs. 
Teunis  S.  Hamlin  the  sympathy  of  this  congregation 
in  her  hour  of  sorrow  and  bereavement,  caused  by  the 
sudden  death  of  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin." 

J.  W.  McKericher, 

Secretary. 

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3ln  JHnnnriam 

Woodside  Church,  Troy,  New  York. 
Dr.  Hamlin's  First  Pastorate. 

The  Session  of  the  Woodside  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  having  heard  with  great  sorrow  of  the 
death  of  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  the  Covenant  of  Washington,  D. 
C,  and  formerly  the  pastor  of  the  Woodside  Church, 
desire  to  extend  their  sincerest  sympathy  to  his  family 
in  their  sorrow  and  loss,  commending  them  to  the 
grace  of  God  in  this  hour  of  their  bereavement. 

We  record  with  gratitude  the  faithful  and  efficient 
ministry  of  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  as  pastor  of 
the  Woodside  Church,  the  blessing  of  God  having  been 
upon  his  ministry  here,  as  it  has  been  continued  to  him 
in  the  churches  to  which  God  in  His  Providence  had 
called  him. 

His  pastorate  in  Troy  is  held  in  grateful  remem- 
brance by  a  people  who  will  always  treasure  the  mem- 
ory of  his  Christian  life,  his  wise  counsels,  his  faithful 
warnings  and  his  zeal  for  the  cause  of  Christ. 

We  are  fully  persuaded  that  while  many  will  mourn 
because  of  his  death,  yet  the  gain  is  his,  for  "Blessed 
are  the  dead,  which  die  in  the  Lord." 

It  was  moved  that  a  copy  of  this  minute  be  sent  to 
the  family  of  the  deceased  and  that  the  same  be  placed 
upon  the  records  of  the  Session  Book. 

Wm.  E.  Marden, 

Moderator. 
Troy  Woodside  Church, 

New  York,  April  22,  1907. 
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31  n  mpmortam 

Baptist  Minister's  Conference. 

The  Baptist  Ministers'  Conference  of  Washington, 
recognizing  in  the  very  sudden  death  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  Coven- 
ant, a  sorrow  which  has  fallen  upon  the  whole  Chris- 
tian community  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  desire  to 
record  their  sense  of  loss  and  to  pay  a  slight  but  sin- 
cere tribute  to  his  memory. 

By  his  honored  and  efficient  ministry  in  this  city  he 
endeared  himself  to  many  beyond  his  parish  and  denom- 
inational bounds,  and  contributed  in  no  small  degree 
to  the  moral  and  religious  betterment  of  the  national 
Capital 

It  was  our  privilege  at  times  to  enjoy  his  presence 
among  us,  and  to  hear  words  of  wisdom  and  inspira- 
tion from  his  lips.  We  always  found  him  to  be  a 
Christian  gentleman,  a  brother  beloved,  and  a  faithful 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ. 

His  geniality,  his  catholicty,  his  devotion  to  the  inter- 
ests of  Christ's  Kingdom,  impressed  and  attracted  us. 
From  his  ministry  we  would  learn  earnestness  and 
fidelity  and  from  his  death  vigilance  and  expectation. 

Be  it  Resolved:  I.  That  this  Conference  tenders  its 
sympathy  to  his  sadly  afflicted  family,  and  we  pray 
that  the  God  of  the  widow  and  the  Father  of  the  father- 
less may  graciously  sustain  and  comfort  their  stricken 
hearts. 

2.  That  we  assure  the  church  bereaved  of  their  first 
and  only  pastor,  of  our  regard  and  offer  to  them  our 
condolences,  trusting  that  the  Great  Shepherd  or  Bishop 
of  their  souls  may  ere  long  provide  them  with  a  worthy 
successor  to  him  whose  loss  they  now  so  keenly  feel. 

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3tt  Mtxnariam 

Be  it  further  Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  this  action 
be  forwarded  to  Mrs.  Hamlin  and  to  the  Church  of  the 
Covenant. 

Joseph  J.  Muir, 
Charles  F.  Winbigler, 
Samuel  H.  Greene, 

Committee. 


Presbytery  of  Newcastle. 

The  following  action  was  taken  by  the  Presbytery 
of  New  Castle,  on  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Teunis  S. 
Hamlin,  D.  D.  : 

Whereas,  the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle,  now  in  ses- 
sion at  Pocomoke  City,  Md.,  April  19,  1907,  having 
heard  of  the  sudden  death  of  their  beloved  brother, 
Rev.  Teunis  S,  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  in  New  York,  Wednes- 
day, April  17th, 

Resolved,  That  this  Presbytery  bears  record  to  the 
Christian  character  of  the  Rev.  Teunis  Hamlin,  as  well 
as  to  his  loyalty  to  the  church  in  which  he  has  been  an 
honored  minister  for  so  many  years,  and  that  this 
Presbytery  expresses  its  deepest  sympathy  with  the 
family  of  our  beloved  brother,  and  also  with  the  Session 
and  congregation  of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant. 

(Signed)    W.   H.   Deckins-Lewis, 

J.  R.  Milligan, 

Committee. 
Attest:    J.  R.  Milligan, 

Stated  Clerk,  Presb'y  of  New  Castle. 
St.  Georges,  Del.,  May  1,  1907. 

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Lutheran  Ministerial  Association. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  23,  1907. 

To  the  Session,  Church  of  the  Covenant,  City: 

Brethren  :  At  a  meeting  of  the  Lutheran  Minis- 
terial Association  yesterday,  the  secretary  was  in- 
structed to  convey  to  you  and  Mrs.  Hamlin  and  sons 
the  expression  of  our  sincerest  sympathy  in  the  death 
of  Dr.  Hamlin.  We  recognize  the  immeasurable  loss 
sustained  not  only  by  Dr.  Hamlin's  family,  but  by  the 
Church  of  the  Covenant,  the  Presbyterian  denomina- 
tion, the  church  of  Christ  at  large,  and  the  cause  of 
good  citizenship  and  patriotism. 

Our  prayer  is  that  God  may  comfort  you  and  over- 
rule for  good  this  inscrutable  ordering  of  His  will. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Sincerely  yours, 

C.  H.  Butler, 

Secretary. 


Methodist  Preachers'  Meeting. 

We,  the  members  of  the  Methodist  Preachers'  Meet- 
ing of  Washington,  hereby  voice  and  record  our  deep 
sense  of  loss  in  the  sudden  removal  by  death  of  the 
Reverend  Doctor  Teunis  S.  Hamlin  from  the  ranks 
of  the  Christian  ministry  and  from  the  body  of  citi- 
zens at  the  National  Capital.  Beyond  the  bounds  of 
his  own  confession  he  proved  himself,  to  all  who  fol- 
low the  common  Master,  a  brother  in  spirit  and  in 
deed.  While  definite  in  his  aims  and  ever  bent  on 
practical  results,  he  was  broad  in  his  outlook,  sym- 
pathetic with  those  engaged  in  any  good  cause,  and 

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3ln  Mtmarmm 

in  hearty  personal  alliance  with  many  forms  of  phil- 
anthropic endeavor.  He  sought  to  bring  both  the 
poor  and  the  rich  into  the  possession  of  the  treasures 
of  the  gospel. 

Doctor  Hamlin  was  a  man  of  large  native  endow- 
ments, and  by  his  industry  and  concentration  disci- 
plined his  powers  for  high  and  noble  service.  He 
wrought  wisely  and  intensely  in  the  field  of  his  assigned 
pastoral  care.  He  was  a  faithful  shepherd  of  souls. 
His  message  was  ever  freighted  with  love  and  for  the 
most  part  was  a  call  to  the  approximate  realization  of 
lofty  ideals;  yet  sometimes  when  needful  it  took  the 
form  of  stern  rebuke  even  to  those  in  high  places.  Con- 
science was  an  active  and  ever  present  factor  in  his  ser- 
mons.    His  piety  was  of  the  robust  and  sturdy  type. 

Born  and  educated  in  the  valley  of  the  Mohawk,  he 
gave  splendid  proof  while  in  the  Empire  State  of  his 
adherence  to  the  best  traditions  of  his  combined  Dutch 
and  French  ancestry;  his  career  on  the  banks  of  the 
Potomac  shows  these  same  qualities  of  strength, 
courage  and  culture,  potential  in  a  positive  Christian 
influence  over  and  upon  men  and  women  in  all  circles 
of  civic,  military  and  social  life;  and  his  decease  in 
the  great  city  at  the  mouth  of  the  Hudson,  while  attend- 
ing an  international  assembly,  becomes  a  signal  mark 
of  his  breadth  of  vision  and  his  desire  to  help  the  whole 
race.  Himself  a  lifelong  messenger  of  the  Prince  of 
Peace  there  was  a  singular  and  providential  fitness  in 
the  close  of  his  earthly  labors  in  that  it  came  while  he 
was  on  a  cosmopolitan  errand  at  a  congress  called 
in  the  interests  of  universal  peace. 

With  our  heartful  sympathies  in  their  sorrow  and 

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Utt  fHrmnrtam 

bereavement,  to  his  stricken  family  and  to  the  Church 
of  the  Covenant,  we  tender  also  our  sincere  congratu- 
lations upon  their  precious  legacy — his  spotless  name, 
his  successful  ministry  and  his  enshrinement  in  the 
hearts  of  thousands  whom  he  has  helped  to  higher  liv- 
ing by  the  inspiration  both  of  his  words  and  his 
example. 

S.    Reese   Murray, 

President. 
Wm.  H.  Chapman, 
J.  Edwin  Amos, 
Robert  M.  Moore, 
Albert  Osborn, 

Committee. 
Chas.  O.  Isaac, 

Secretary. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  29,  1907. 


Society  of  Christian  Endeavor,  Church  of  The 
Covenant. 

Dear  Mrs.  Hamlin  :  Among  the  many  messages 
coming  to  you,  may  a  word  from  the  Christian  En- 
deavor Society  find  a  place?  Dr.  Hamlin  has  meant  so 
much  to  us  in  our  Christian  Endeavor  meetings  that 
we  all  want  to  tell  you  how  his  influence  has  helped  us 
to  be  better,  and  how  we  shall  always  hold  his  memory 
as  our  most  blessed  heritage.  Our  hearts  are  too  full 
of  sorrow  and  sympathy  for  any  but  the  simplest  ex- 
pression of  grief  and  love.  To  us,  individually  and  as  a 
society,  Dr.  Hamlin  was  far  more  than  the  warmest 

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3fn  Utemnriam 

words  can  express.  We  are  just  beginning  to  realize 
how  much  we  depended  upon  him.  His  wise  counsel, 
his  ready  sympathy,  above  all,  his  warm,  loving  per- 
sonal touch  and  his  dear  presence  have  been  our  stay 
and  inspiration.  We  mean,  God  helping  us,  to  make 
the  work  of  the  society  better  and  more  consecrated 
than  ever,  because  he  would  have  had  it  so.  We  thank 
God  for  the  precious  years  of  association  and  for  the 
bright  memories  that  nothing  can  take  away. 

We  long  to  show  you,  in  some  way,  how  full  our 
hearts  are  of  love  and  sympathy  for  you,  dear  Mrs. 
Hamlin.  That  God  may  comfort  you,  as  He  alone 
can,  is  our  constant  and  most  earnest  prayer. 

Isabella  Campbell, 
Edith  Ridout, 

For  the  Society^ 
May  7,  1907. 


Presbyterian  Church  College  Board. 

The  Board  records  with  deep  sorrow  the  sudden 
death  of  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  on  April  18, 
1907.  The  life  of  Dr.  Hamlin  needs  no  eulogy;  for 
his  conspicuous  ability  as  a  preacher  of  the  Gospel,  as 
a  pastor,  as  a  writer  and  as  an  executive,  his  praise  is 
in  all  the  churches. 

The  College  Board  sorrowfully  records  here  the  loss 
of  a  loved  and  honorable  fellow-worker.  Dr.  Hamlin 
was  active  in  the  work  of  the  Assembly  at  Buffalo  in 
1904,  that  led  to  the  reorganization  of  the  Board  and 
the  widening  of  its  field  of  operations.  He  was  natu- 
rally chosen  as  one  of  the  members  of  the  reorganized 

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31  n  ffflmnriam 

Board  and  served  upon  it  faithfully  and  efficiently. 
His  vision  of  the  field  was  comprehensive,  his  judg- 
ment as  to  methods  was  calm  and  wise,  and  his  ideal, 
unwaveringly,  an  always  advancing  Kingdom  of  Jesus 
Christ.  The  members  of  the  Board  record  their  per- 
sonal sorrow  in  the  loss  that  they,  and  the  Church  they 
serve,  have  sustained  in  the  death  of  a  wise,  strong, 
pure-hearted  fellow-worker. 

College  Board. 


Society  of  the  Covenant. 

Resolved:  That  the  Society  of  the  Covenant  extend 
to  our  beloved  president,  Mrs.  Hamlin,  our  deepest 
sympathy  in  this  time  of  bereavement. 

In  the  death  of  our  pastor,  Dr.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin, 
who  served  with  such  unswerving  fidelity  and  patient 
love  for  nearly  twenty-one  years  the  Church  of  the 
Covenant  has  suffered  an  irreparable  loss,  and  the  So- 
ciety of  the  Covenant  will  constantly  miss  the  wise 
counsel  and  staunch  support  of  a  true  friend. , 

But,  in  the  home  circle,  the  lack  of  the  tender  love 
of  husband  and  father  will  be  most  deeply  felt,  and 
our  hearts  reach  out  in  loving  sympathy  with  that 
stricken  househould. 

Resolved  further:  That  this  resolution  be  spread 
upon  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  and  that  a  copy  be 
.sent  to  Mrs.  Hamlin. 


Woman's  Presbyterial  Society. 

At  a  called  meeting  of  the  Woman's  Presbyterial 
Society  of  Home  Missions,  Wednesday  April  24, 
1907,  representatives  of  the  auxiliary  societies  of  the 

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3ln  iUrmoriam 

Presbytery  of  Washington  adopted  the  following  reso- 
lutions : 

Resolved:  That  the  profound  and  loving  sympathy 
of  the  officers  and  members  of  every  auxiliary  society 
is  extended  to  our  beloved  President  in  her  hour  of 
sorrow,  and  that  we  share  her  grief  and  feel  in  her 
personal  loss  a  loss  to  the  whole  church. 

That  our  earnest  prayers  are  offered  to  Him  that 
"healeth  the  broken  in  heart  and  bindeth  up  their 
wounds"  to  comfort  her,  and  that  the  loving  Saviour, 
who,  when  he  broke  the  bonds  of  death,  left  its  terrors 
behind  in  His  empty  tomb,  may  help  her  to  triumph  in 
His  victory,  and  that  she  may  be  upheld  in  her  lone- 
liness by  the  faith  so  joyfully  preached  by  her  dear 
husband,  who  while  on  earth  helped  many  to  realize 
the  truth  of  that  glorious  immortality  upon  which  he 
has  now  entered. 

Lilian  Burritt  Brock, 
Mrs.  Daniel  W.  Skellinger, 

Mrs.  H.  P.  Viles. 

Committee. 


Union  Theological  Seminary  Alumni 
Association. 

The  Alumni  Association  of  Union  Theological 
Seminary  desires  to  record  its  deep  sense  of  the  loss 
sustained  by  the  Seminary  and  the  Church  of  Christ 
in  the  sudden  death,  on  the  seventeenth  of  April,  1907, 
of  the  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  a  member  of 
the  class  of  1871. 

Dr.  Hamlin  was  a  man  of  strong  convictions  and 
broad  sympathies,  of  sober  judgment  and  devotion  to 
the  interests  of  God's  kingdom,  of  large  mental  grasp 

[67] 


3ln  JHrmariam 

and  quick  and  tender  appreciation  of  his  fellows,  of 
faithful  friendships  and  commanding  influence. 

He  loved  this  Seminary  as  he  loved  his  Church.  He 
represented  it  with  courage,  and  supported  it  by  word 
and  deed.  He  was  rarely  absent  from  the  meetings 
of  this  Association — never  unless  the  hindrance  was 
absolute.  His  words  to  us  were  always  words  of 
loyalty  and  good  cheer.  We  counted  on  him  and  de- 
pended on  him.  We  had  expected  to  see  him  with 
us  this  day. 

We  give  thanks  to  God  for  such  a  serviceable  life. 
We  rejoice  on  his  behalf  that  he  has  entered  into  the 
greater  glory  of  the  divine  presence,  and  we  pray 
that  the  undying  Friend,  whom  having  not  seen  he 
loved,  and  in  whose  service  he  lives  forevermore,  may 
comfort  with  His  strong  consolations  those  whose  sky 
is  darkened  and  whose  hearts  are  heavy,  until  they 
also  obtain  the  fulness  "of  salvation  through  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  who  died  for  us,  that,  whether  we  wake 
or  sleep,  we  should  live  together  with  him." 


Southern  Alumni  Association,  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary. 

It  is  with  feelings  of  profoundest  sorrow  that  we 
learn  of  the  sudden  death  of  our  friend  and  fellow- 
alumnus,  Dr.  Hamlin,  on  April  17,  1907,  while  on 
business  in  New  York  City. 

The  sad  event  is  so  recent  that  our  minds  are  in  a 
condition  of  shock  and  panic,  for  he  himself  had  ar- 
ranged for  our  meeting  this  day  and  was  expected  to 

[68] 


3ln  iRpmoriam 

preside.  Truly,  indeed,  says  the  Scriptures,  "In  the 
midst  of  life  we  are  in  death." 

Dr.  Hamlin  was  the  founder  of  this  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation, as  he  was  its  first  and  only  president,  serving 
in  this  capacity  with  his  customary  ability  and  fidelity. 
Into  this  Association  he  brought  together  the  alumni 
of  his  beloved  Seminary  residing  in  Southern  States 
and  the  District  of  Columbia.  At  all  of  our  gather- 
ings he  was  our  inspiring  leader.  What  a  loss  we 
have  sustained. 

By  nature,  Dr.  Hamlin  was  richly  endowed.  A 
virile  heredity  fixed  its  indellible  stamp  upon  him.  His 
intellect  was  alert,  vigorous,  far-visioned.  In  his  af- 
fections he  was  warm,  true  and  steadfast.  His  will 
was  serene  and  finely  poised.  Self-control  he  had  to 
perfection.  Justice  and  generosity,  frankness  and  a 
dignified  reserve,  delicate  courtesy  and  an  inflexible 
firmness  in  all  he  believed  to  be  right,  were  intermin- 
gled in  ideal  proportion.  He  abhorred  the  policies  of 
indirection,  detraction,  self-aggrandizement.  Selfish- 
ness, even  in  thought,  was  foreign  to  him.  A  scholar 
of  deep  learning,  he  knew  his  Bible  and  its  interpreta- 
tion, and  loved  the  sacred  Book  with  all  his  soul. 

We  mourn  today  with  his  church,  which  he  loved 
as  his  very  life,  and  with  his  household,  who  are  in 
such  desolation  at  this  hour. 

"But  whilst  the  waves  of  time  may  devastate  our  lives, 
The  frost  of  age  may  check  our  failing  breath ; 
They  shall  not  touch  the  spirit  that  survives 
Triumphant  over  doubt,  and  pain,  and  death." 


[69] 


3ln  Hflmnrtam 

Board  of  Directors  of  the  Presbyterian  Alliance. 

With  profound  regret  and  a  deep  sense  of  grief  and 
loss,  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Presbyterian  Al- 
liance record  the  sudden  death  on  the  17th  of  April, 
1907,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  of  Rev.  Teunis  S. 
Hamlin,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant. 

For  twenty  years  Doctor  Hamlin  has  been  one  of 
the  leading  pastors  and  foremost  citizens  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  a  force  making  for  righteousness 
not  only  in  his  own  congregation,  but  in  the  com- 
munity at  large.  Indeed,  his  name  and  fame  and  in- 
fluence for  good  have  not  been  confined  to  this  Capital, 
but  have  extended  throughout  our  land  and  to  foreign 
parts  as  well.  He  preached  to  thousands  of  prominent 
visitors  to  this  city  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  and 
responded  to  many  calls  from  distant  places  where  his 
services  were  esteemed  of  special  value.  He  was 
prominent  in  the  best  social  life  of  this  capital  and 
identified  himself  helpfully  with  every  conspicuous 
movement  for  the  public  good  which  has  been  under- 
taken here  in  the  last  twenty  years. 

The  Church  of  the  Covenant,  erected  and  paid  for 
largely  through  his  efforts,  stands  as  a  monument  to 
the  zeal,  wisdom,  energy,  faith  and  courage  of  Dr. 
Hamlin,  and  will  witness  for  him  in  the  days  and 
years  to  come,  as  will  the  congregation  of  godly  men 
and  women  gathered  there,  and  to  whom  he  ministered 
with  conspicuous  fidelity  and  acceptance.  The  bene- 
ficent influence  of  his  life  and  teaching  in  this  body  of 
believers  will  long  be  felt. 

Dr.  Hamlin  was  one  of  the  founders  of  this  Alli- 
ance, and  we  are  witness  to  the  promptness,  intelli- 

[70] 


3ln  fffamnnam 

gence  and  good  judgment  with  which  he  performed 
every  duty  and  rendered  every  service  incumbent  on 
him.  We  deplore  his  loss  not  only  as  a  valued  co- 
worker, but  as  a  loyal  and  true  friend  and  brother, 
and  this  loss  to  the  Alliance  will  be  irreparable  if  we 
who  are  left  to  carry  on  his  work  do  not  properly 
learn  and  apply  the  lesson  of  his  life  and  example. 

In  recognition  of  Dr.  Hamlin's  most  valuable  ser- 
vices to  this  Alliance  and  as  an  expression  of  our  ap- 
preciation of  and  love  for  him,  it  is  directed  that  this 
paper  be  recorded  in  our  minutes  and  one  copy  be  sent 
his  family,  and  one  to  the  session  of  the  Church  of 
the  Covenant,  and  that  the  President,  the  Vice-Presi- 
dents, the  Secretary  and  the  Treasurer,  as  the  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Alliance,  attend  in  a  body  the  memo- 
rial service  to  be  held  on  Sunday  the  28th  instant. 

Brainard  H.  Warner,  President. 

Chas.  Lyman,  First  Vice-President. 

Danl.  McFarlan,  Second  Vice-President. 

James  B.  Lambie,  Third  Vice-President. 

Irwin  B.  Linton,  Secretary. 

Chas.  B.  Bailey,  Treasurer. 


George  Washington  University. 

"Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  George 
Washington  University  receive  with  profound  sorrow 
the  announcement  of  the  death  of  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Ham- 
lin, D.  D.,  and  hereby  place  upon  the  records  of  the 
Board  its  high  estimate  o,f  the  Christian  character  and 
the  professional  attainments  of  Dr.  Hamlin.  He  exerted 
a  wide  and  beneficent  influence  as  a  Christian  minister, 
was  a  citizen  devoted  to  the  highest  interests  of  this 

[71] 


3n  JRemnnam 

city,  and  was  a  patriotic  citizen  of  the  nation.  In  the 
death  of  Dr.  Hamlin  the  city  has  lost  one  of  its  most 
influential,  high-minded  and  self-sacrificing  men. 

"Resolved,  That  the  Board  desire  to  express  publicly 
the  obligations  of  this  University  to  Dr.  Hamlin  for 
his  active  and  sympathetic  co-operation  and  for  his 
many  valued  services  to  the  University.  In  his  death 
this  University  has  lost  an  esteemed  friend,  whose 
ideals  of  educational  work  and  the  needs  of  this  com- 
munity for  higher  education  were  true  and  noble  in 
every  respect. 

"Resolved,  That  the  President  is  hereby  requested 
to  send  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  to  Mrs.  Hamlin,  to 
the  Official  Board  of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant,  and 
to  the  press." 

The  above  is  a  true  copy. 

Chas.  W.  Needham, 
President. 
John  B.  Larner, 

Secretary. 


Board  of  Trustees  of  Howard  University. 

The  Trustees  of  Howard  University,  in  special  meet- 
ing held  in  the  office  of  the  President  on  the  22d  of 
April,  1907,  desire  to  place  on  record  an  expression  of 
their  sense  of  the  irreparable  loss  which  they  have  sus- 
tained in  the  death  of  our  late  President  of  the  Board, 
the  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D. 

Elected  to  membership  on  the  Board  on  May  28, 
1895.  Dr.  Hamlin  has  continuously  and  with  rare 
fidelity  and  devotion  served  this  institution  to  the  day 
of  his  lamented  death.     When  the  organization  of  the 

[72] 


3ln  Utcmnrtam 

Board  was  modified  a  few  years  ago,  he  was  spontane- 
ously chosen  (May  26,  1903)  to  the  Presidency  of  the 
Board,  and  when,  a  little  later,  the  Presidency  of  the 
University  fell  vacant,  he  was  unanimously  selected  by 
the  Board  to  serve  as  Acting-President,  in  which  office 
his  wise,  constructive  leadership,  his  large  powers  of 
organization  and  his  firm  and  kindly  administration 
of  the  University  in  a  great  crisis  so  challenged  the  ad- 
miration and  confidence  of  the  committee  appointed  to 
find  a  President,  that  they  unanimously  tendered  him 
the  nomination  to  the  Presidency  of  the  University, 
which  office  he  declined  with  thanks. 

As  President  and  member  of  the  Board,  Dr.  Hamlin 
was  untiring  in  his  labors  for  the  University  and  gave 
his  valuable  time  and  strength  without  stint  to  its  ad- 
vancement. His  counsel  and  advice  in  matters  of  busi- 
ness and  administration  were  invariably  sane  and  saga- 
cious, and  his  quick  insight  into  the  bearings  of  a  sub- 
ject, with  his  powers  of  unerring  analysis  and  lucid 
statement,  was  of  incalculable  value  in  the  deliberations 
of  the  Board.  In  debate  he  was  ever  the  courteous  gen- 
tleman, as  when  presiding  he  was  the  soul  of  fairness 
and  impartiality.  His  accessibility  to  the  instructors  and 
students  was  a  marked  characteristic  of  his  administra- 
tion, both  as  President  of  the  board  and  as  Acting- 
President  of  the  University,  and  his  genial  wit  and 
refreshing  humor  immediately  put  everyone,  whether 
of  high  station  or  low,  at  his  ease  and  won  for  himself 
a  friend. 

In  addition  to  these  larger  and  more  responsible 
powers,  he  was  also  a  special  lecturer  in  the  School  of 
Theology  and  as  such  his  instruction  was  not  merely 

[73] 


3Jn  Mtmarinm 

learned  and  scholastic,  but  fresh,  stimulating  and  in- 
spiring, the  generous  fruit  of  wide  and  varied  reading, 
evincing  a  scholarship  touched  with  the  modern  spirit 
and  informed  with  all  that  is  best  in  literature  and  life. 

Touching  the  University  so  variously,  so  vitally  and 
so  helpfully,  it  were  a  commonplace  to  say  that  we 
mourn  his  loss  and  shall  miss  so  large  a  force  and  so 
strong  a  personality  in  our  life  and  deliberations,  and 
yet  we  can  but  accept  the  mysterious  dispensation 
which  has  so  suddenly  called  him  hence  to  a  larger 
service,  and  we  can  but  pray  that  God  will  raise  up  in 
his  place  one  who  possesses  so  many  rare  and  mani- 
fold gifts  and  powers. 

In  this  bereavement,  in  which  we  share,  we  would 
not  be  unmindful  of  the  Church  which  he  served  with 
his  large  gifts  o,f  mind,  body  and  spirit,  or  of  his  gra- 
:ious  wife  and  sons  who  have  been  thus  stripped  of  their 
earthly  stay,  the  light  of  their  home  and  the  joy  of 
their  hearts.  And  as  we  share  in  the  loss,  so  we  ex- 
tend to  them  the  assurances  of  our  deepest  sympathy, 
with  the  prayer  that  the  Father  of  Mercies  and  the  God 
of  all  comfort  may  be  very  near  them  in  this  hour  of 
bereavement  and  sorrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  minute  be  sent  to  the  devoted 
wife  of  our  late  colleague,  the  President  of  the  Board 
and  a  copy  be  sent  to  the  Church  of  the  Covenant  and 
that  it  be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of  this  Board. 

Stanton  J.  Peelle, 
W.  P.  Thirkield, 
Francis  J.  Grimke. 


[74] 


3n  JHrmoriam 

Howard  University  Faculty. 

For  many  years  Rev.  Dr.  Hamlin  was  a  lecturer  in 
the  Theological  Department  of  Howard  University. 
He  gave  three  courses  of  lectures — one  each  year — on 
as  many  practical  and  important  topics,  so  that  each 
class  had  the  benefit  of  all  the  lectures.  To  the  stu- 
dents of  the  Department  he  gave  freely  of  the  fruits  of 
his  matured  thought,  and  of  his  rich  experience  in  the 
gospel  ministry,  and  in  the  Christian  life.  While  he 
gave  freely,  he  gave  wisely  with  due  regard  to  the 
special  needs  of  the  young  men.  While  he  came  to 
them  from  the  advanced  position  of  long  and  eminent 
service,  he  spoke  sympathetically  with  deep  interest  in 
them  and  in  their  work.  While  he  was  pleased  to  call 
what  he  said  "talks"  rather  than  lectures,  his  talks 
came  home  to  his  hearers  with  power  and  persuasive- 
ness not  only  because  of  their  practical  wisdom,  but 
also  because  of  the  grand  and  genial  personality  en- 
tering into  them.  Amid  his  many  and  great  respon- 
sibilities, his  engagement  here  was  not  forgotten.  A 
letter  under  date  of  April  17th,  and  in  all  probability 
written  or  dictated  just  before  the  fatal  stroke,  was 
received  by  the  Dean  the  morning  of  April  18th. 

So  planning  future  service  here  and  elsewhere,  he 
fell. 

We  desire  to  express  our  high  appreciation  of  the 
value  of  Dr.  Hamlin's  instruction,  and  influence,  and 
personality  to  the  students,  and  to  gratefully  acknowl- 
edge the  worth  of  his  constant  and  helpful  interest  to 
the  Department.  While  we  who  were  brought  into 
closer  contact  and  association  with  him  recall  with 
mingled  pleasure  and  pain  the  charm  of  his  personal 

[75] 


31  n  fitrmonam 

friendship,  and  the  strength  and  cheer  which  came  to 
us  from  his  abounding  life.  We  join  the  great  com- 
pany whose  sense  of  loss  in  the  death  of  Dr.  Hamlin 
gives  some  power  to  sympathize,  and  extend  to  those 
most  sorely  bereaved  such  sympathy  as  we  can,  and 
assure  them  that  we  earnestly  pray  the  God  of  all  com- 
fort and  grace  that  he  will  sustain  them,  and  enable 
them  to  trust  where  they  cannot  explain,  and  wait  in 
the  confidence  that  all  things  do  work  together  for 
good  to  them  that  love  God. 

This  brief  appreciation  was  adopted  by  the  students, 
and  then  at  a  special  meeting  by  the  faculty  of  the 
Theological  Department. 

In  behalf  of  the  faculty, 

Isaac  Clark,  Dean. 

In  behalf  of  the  students, 

J.  R.  Walters, 
President  of  the  Class  '07. 


Board  of  Visitors  of  The  Government  Hospital 
Fof  the  Insane 

For  the  third  time  in  the  course  of  a  year  death  has 
stricken  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the  Government  Hos- 
pital for  the  Insane.  This  time  it  has  deprived  the 
Board  in  the  death  of  the  Reverend  Doctor  Teunis 
Slingerland  Hamlin,  of  a  member  who  was  in  the 
fullness  of  his  usefulness  with  a  promise  of  many  years 
of  life  before  him. 

Doctor  Hamlin  took  an  earnest  and  conscientious 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  Hospital  and  the  Board 
recall  with  high  gratification  his  especially    able    co- 

[76] 


iftt  ffltmatmm 

operation  on  several  occasions  in  matters  of  adminis- 
tration in  which  the  well-being  of  the  Hospital  was 
deeply  concerned.     Therefore; 

Be  it  Resolved :  First.  That  the  Board  of  Visitors 
of  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane  do  deplore 
the  removal  by  death  of  their  beloved  and  admired 
colleague,  the  Reverend  Doctor  Teunis  Slingerland 
Hamlin  and  hereby  express  their  gratitude  that  he  has 
left  behind  him  an  example  that  will  live  long  and  be 
an  incitement  to  the  present  and  future  members  of  the 
Board  of  Visitors  to  follow  him  along  with  the  many 
good  works  he  has  done  in  the  flesh. 

Secondly.  That  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the  Gov- 
ernment Hospital  for  the  Insane  tender  their  heartfelt 
sympathy  to  the  family  of  the  deceased;  and  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Board  is  hereby  directed  to  transmit  to 
them  a  copy  of  these  Resolutions. 


Fendall  Cadets. 

We  the  members  of  the  Fendall  Cadets,  Peck 
Chapel,  desire  to  express  our  deepest  sympathy  for 
Mrs.  Hamlin  in  he/  bereavement : 

Wm.  C.  Ballantyne,  Captain;  Geo.  W.  Johnson, 
Lieutenant;  H.  M.  Stumph,  D.  F.  Cummins,  E.  L. 
Franklin,  W.  L.  Perkins,  J.  Mutchler,  W.  H.  Copper- 
thite,  Joseph  Mclntyre,  Millard  Ulrich,  A.  Dixon,  First 
Sergeant;  J.  Stewart,  Sergeant;  K.  E.  Smith,  Ser- 
geant; J.  A.  Donaldson. 


Theta  Sigma. 

Theta  Sigma  has  heard  with  profound  sorrow  of 
the  sudden  death  of  our  brother  and  fellow-member. 
Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  who  for  twenty  years 

[77] 


3ltt  fHnnonattt 

has  been  in  the  National  Capital  an  honored  minister 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  a  brother  beloved  by 
the  Church  of  Christ  for  his  strong  manliness,  his 
sympathetic  interest  and  cheerful  devotion  to  the  best 
ideals  of  our  civic  and  social  life,  his  catholicity  and 
charity,  and  his  faithful  and  intelligent  service  in  the 
ministry  of  Jesus  Christ.  His  departure  is  mourned 
by  the  membership  of  Theta  Sigma  as  a  personal  loss. 
He  was  one  of  its  founders,  and  until  his  death  its  one 
permanent  executive  officer.  His  wisdom,  poise  aud 
courage  summoned  our  confidence ;  his  Christian  grace 
and  service  compelled  our  honor;  his  genialty,  consid- 
erateness  and  brotherly  fellowship  won  our  love.  He 
is  not,  for  God  has  taken  him. 

Wallace  Radcliffe, 
Secretary. 
Washinton,  D.  C,  May  6,  1907. 


National  Society  Children  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

It  having  been  the  Divine  Will  to  remove  to  his 
heavenly  home  the  Reverend  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.D., 
we,  the  officers  and  members  of  the  National  Society 
of  the  Children  of  the  American  Revolution,  desire 
to  offer  to  his  widow,  Mrs.  Frances  B.  Hamlin,  who 
has  so  long  and  so  loyally  served  the  National  Board 
as  chaplain,  our  most  loving  sympathy  in  this,  her 
supreme  sorrow. 

And,  whereas,  this  removal  of  one  who  was  the 
only  pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant  since  its 
foundation   in  Washington,   D.    C,   and  who  was   a 

[78] 


3ln  fUfmonaitt 

power  and  a  beacon  light  in  the  community,  and  of 
widespread  influence;  stricken  as  he  was  in  the  midst 
of  his  active  duties,  being  a  delegate  to  the  Interna- 
tional Peace  Congress  convened  at  New  York  City, 
and  dying  as  the  great  workers  for  a  righteous  cause 
have  ever  died,  sacrificing  health  and  strength  to  his 
duty, 

We,  therefore,  the  National  Society  of  the  Children 
of  the  American  Revolution  bring  our  tribute  to  his 
memory,  who  has  so  often  served  our  patriotic  cause; 
and  we  herewith  express  our  love  any  sympathy  that 
no  words  can  adequately  convey,  to  his  widow  and 
family,  to  whom  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  will  be 
sent. 

Harriett  M.  Lothrop,  Founder;  Evelyn  M.  Dubois, 
National  President;  Eliza  Colman  Tulloch,  Secretary; 
Caroline  C.  Little,  Anna  Ingersoll  Rich,  Evelin  Bache, 
Myra  B.  Tweedale,  Violet  Blair  Janin,  Julia  Ten  Eyck 
McBlair,  Mary  E.  P.  R.  Phelps,  Lucy  M.  Osgood 
Marsh,  Susan  Riviere  Hetzel,  Henrietta  J.  W.  Bond. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  22,  1907. 


Woman's  Army  and  Navy  League, 
washington,  d.  c. 

Mrs.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin. 
Dear  Madam  : 

The  members  of  the  Woman's  Army  and  Navy 
League  assembled  at  their  monthly  meeting  do  hereby 
express  to  you  the  most  sincere  sympathy  in  the  loss 
of  your  esteemed  husband. 

[79] 


Sn  fHrmnnam 

We  feel  that  in  the  death  of  Dr.  Hamlin  the  League 
has  lost  a  kind  friend  and  one  always  to  be  relied  upon, 
a  loss  not  soon  to  be  replaced. 

Very  sincerely, 

Anna  P.  White, 

Secretary. 
The  Concord,  April  28,  1907. 


National  Society  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

Whereas  on  the  18th  instant,  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Ham- 
lin, a  servant  of  God,  whose  reputation  as  such  was 
not  confined  to  our  city  and  nation,  but  whose  good 
works  and  name  were  known  as  well  in  foreign  lands, 
was  taken  from  us  by  that  Master  whom  he  had  so 
long,  faithfully  and  with  such  great  distinction  served ; 
And  Whereas  he  was  the  husband  of  our  sister 
and  Chaplain-General,  Mrs.  Frances  Hamlin,  who  has 
with  rare  fidelity  and  marked  ability  discharged  the  du- 
ties devolving  upon  her  as  a  D.  A.  R.,  and  an  officer; 
Therefore,  be  it  resolved:  That  we  extend  to  our 
beloved  sister  and  her  children  the  most  earnest  sym- 
pathy of  this  organization,  at  this  time  when  their 
hearts  are  bowed  with  sorrow  in  their  great  affliction ; 
Resolved  that  this  action  be  spread  on  the  records  of 
the  Society  and  that  a  copy  hereof  be  properly  en- 
grossed and  sent  to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

Frances  F.   Ballinger, 

Chairman  of  Committee. 
Esther  F.  Noble. 
Ellen  Mecum. 

[80] 


Utt  mUmnrtam 

The  Men's  Society,  Church  of  The  Covenant. 

In  the  death  of  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  late 
pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant,  this  Society  has 
suffered  sore  bereavement  and  irreparable  loss. 

In  the  organization  of  this  pioneer  Men's  Society 
Doctor  Hamlin  was  the  creative  and  moving  spirit,  and 
gave  to  it  the  stamp  of  his  own  personality  and  the 
form  and  set  suggested  by  his  trained  and  sane  judg- 
ment. That  the  Society  was  wisely  conceived  and 
organized  is  shown  by  its  own  history  and  by  the  fact 
that  it  has  been  the  model  on  which  many  other  similar 
societies  have  been  patterned,  not  only  in  our  own,  but 
in  other  denominations. 

Doctor  Hamlin's  conception  of  the  Church  was  an 
organization  not  for  worship  only,  but  for  work  as 
well,  or  worship  through  work,  an  instrumentality  for 
the  cultivation  of  all  civic  and  social  virtue  as  well  as 
Christian  graces,  a  school  of  character  based  on  the 
highest  standards  of  perfection  conceivable  for  men 
and  women  in  this  world.  Such  a  Church  is  a  unit 
expressing  its  own  message  through  various  agencies 
for  the  accomplishment  of  one  purpose,  the  training 
of  men  and  women  in  service  and  worship  for  worship 
and  service  in  the  Kingdom  of  Christ  here  and  here- 
after. 

To  the  work  of  the  Church  in  this  Society  Doctor 
Hamlin,  as  we  all  know,  gave  himself  without  stint 
or  measure,  and  manifested  those  qualities  and  charac- 
teristics of  mind  and  heart  which  made  him  great. 
Here  he  was  not  only  Pastor,  but  friend  and  comrade 
and  brother,  and  we  can  pay  no  greater  tribute  to  his 

[81] 


3Jn  iHpmnrtam 

memory  than  to  resolve  to  maintain  the  Society  on 
the  high  plane  on  which  he  placed  it  and  to  fulfill  his 
ideals  for  it. 

We  sorrow  at  his  departure,  but  we  can  not  but  re- 
joice that  our  present  loss  is  his  great  gain  and  that 
our  dark  night  of  sorrow  is  the  bright  morning  of  his 
eternal  day. 


A  portion  of  a  poem  quoted  in  a  sermon  preached  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Hamlin  on  Sabbath  morning,  March  24, 
1907: 

"I  know  the  night  is  near  at  hand, 
The  mists  lie  low  on  hill  and  bay, 
The  autumn  leaves  are  dewless,  dry, 
But  I  have  had  the  day. 

Yes,  I  have  had,  dear  Lord,  the  day : 
When  at  thy  call  I  have  the  night. 

Brief  be  the  twilight  as  I  pass, 

From  light  to  dark,  from  dark  to  light. 

When  my  last  hour  grows  dark  for  me 

I  shall  not  fear 
Death's  dreaded  face  to  see, 

Death's  voice  to  hear, 
I  shall  not  fear  the  night 

When  day  is  done ; 
My  life  was  loyal  to  the  light, 

And  served  the  sun." 


[82] 


3Jn  JKratoriam 

Trustees  of  the  United  Society  of  Christian 
Endeavor. 

Whereas,  The  late  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  was 
for  more  than  eighteen  years  an  honored  and  beloved 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  United  So- 
ciety of  Christian  Endeavor,  representing  the  Pres- 
byterian denomination;  and  whereas,  he  was  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  most  of  the  International  Conventions 
in  that  time,  both  as  a  presiding  officer  and  a  speaker; 
and  whereas  he  was  a  trusted  counsellor  and  a  brother 
much-beloved  in  all  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  wise,  genial,  courteous,  full  of  the  spirit  of 
Christ,  and  held  in  the  highest  esteem  in  the  ranks 
of  Christian  Endeavor  throughout  the  world,  there- 
fore, 

Be  It  Resolved:  That  the  Trustees  of  the  United 
Society  of  Christian  Endeavor  hereby  express  their 
sincere  gratitude  to  Almighty  God  for  the  providence 
that  gave  Christian  Endeavor  so  stanch  and  valuable  a 
friend  and  so  strong  a  champion,  and  for  the  long 
years  of  devoted  service  which  he  gave  so  unstintedly 
and  cheerfully. 

That  we  feel  keenly  his  removal  as  an  irreparable 
loss,  while  we  bow  submissively  to  the  will  of  our 
Heavenly  Father,  and  cherish  the  consoling  hope  that 
the  splendid  example  of  Dr.  Hamlin  will  be  a  stimulus 
to  younger  Endeavorers,  and  that  he,  being  dead,  will 
still  live  in  the  works  that  he  has  wrought  and  the 
influence  of  his  Christlike,  useful  life. 

That  we  sympathize  deeply  with  the  bereaved  family 
of  our  brother,  and  express  to  them  our  sense  of  pro- 

[83] 


3Jn  iHruuiriam 

found  appreciation  of  his  noble  character  and  his  beau- 
tiful, consistent  life,  and  our  hope  that  the  Lord  of 
all,  at  whose  hands  he  has  received  his  crown,  may 
afford  them  the  consolation  of  His  Spirit,  and  sustain 
them  until  the  reunion,  at  His  appearing. 


[84] 


3)n  fHrmuriam 

Class  of  1867,  Union  College. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Class  of  1867,  Union  College, 
held  at  the  College  on  Alumni  Day,  June  11,  1907, 
being  the  fortieth  anniversary  of  the  graduation  of  the 
class,  Hon.  Archibal  L.  Van  Ness  presided,  and  Wil- 
liam H.  Murray,  M.  D.,  acted  as  Secretary.  Rev. 
Alfonso  R.  Olney,  D.  D.,  and  Rev.  S.  K.  Doolittle, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  report  to  the  class 
proper  action  to  be  taken  with  reference  to  the  death 
of  Dr.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin.  Dr.  Olney,  on  behalf  of 
the  Committee,  reported  the  following  minute,  which 
was  unanimously  adopted,  and  J.  Newton  Fiero, 
LL.D.,  of  the  committee  for  arrangements  for  the 
reunion,  was  requested  to  transmit  the  same  to  the 
family  of  Dr.  Hamlin : 

In  the  Class  which  graduated  from  Union  College 
in  1867,  there  was  one  man  whose  absence  today  from 
this  reunion,  has  cast  a  gloom  about  us  and  has 
tinged  with  sorrow  our  otherwise  delightful  fellowship. 

The  Rev.  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.  D.,  whose  ,fond  anti- 
cipations ran  forward  to  this  reunion  with  great 
strength  and  joy,  who  first  suggested  that  we  plan  to 
make  it  a  large  and  delightful  gathering  of  our  surviv- 
ing Classmates  so  widely  scattered,  and  who  found  it 
a  labor  of  love  to  render  it  attractive  and  to  appeal 
with  irresistible  power  to  the  hearts  of  the  men  of 
"67,"  is  not  here  because  the  Lord  hath  taken  him. 

We  remember  him  as  a  student  in  Union  College. 
And  a  student  he  really  was — a  hard  worker — a  youth 
with  a  great  purpose,  with  a  high  ideal,  manly,  faith- 
ful, true,  of  a  jovial  disposition,  but  at  the  same  time 
with  a  serious  purpose  to  make  the  most  of  himself  and 
his  opportunities.     Most  diligently  and  faithfully  he 

[85] 


3Jn  Hmortam 

labored  to  prepare  himself  for  the  largest  and  noblest 
success  in  life,  and  those  who  knew  him  best  were  not 
surprised  to  see  him  rise  step  by  step  into  real  promi- 
nence and  power,  and  conquer  a  place  for  himself 
among  the  .foremost  in  his  calling. 

Rev.  Dr.  Hamlin  was  born  at  Glenville,  N.  Y.,  May 
31,  1847,  and  died  in  New  York  City,  whither  he  had 
gone  to  attend  the  sessions  of  the  Peace  Congress,  in 
May  of  this  year. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  in  his  sixtieth  year. 
From  1 87 1  to  1884  he  was  pastor  of  the  Woodside 
Church  in  the  City  of  Troy,  N.  Y. 

He  early  showed  ability  as  a  scholarly  and  eloquent 
preacher  of  the  Gospel,  and  gained  a  reputation  that 
made  him  widely  known  as  a  man  of  great  force  of 
character  and  of  real  and  growing  power. 

From  Troy  he  was  called  to  a  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Cincinnati,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  when 
he  was  called  in  1886  to  the  Church  of  the  Covenant 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  of  which  Church  he  was  still 
pastor  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

In  1886,  Union  College  conferred  on  him  the  hon- 
orary degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  in  the  Church 
of  the  Covenant,  many  distinguished  men  sat  under 
his  preaching  with  great  profit  and  satisfaction. 

Dr.  Hamlin  was  married  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  to 
Miss  Frances  A.  Bacon,  February  4,  1873,  and  she 
survives  him,  as  also  do  two  sons,  E.  B.  Hamlin,  an 
attorney  in  New  York  City,  and  Francis  Hamlin,  a 
student  in  Yale  University. 

"Servant  of  God,  well  done, 

Rest  from  thy  loved  employ ; 
The  battle  fought,  the  victory  won, 
Enter  thy  Master's  joy." 
[86] 


3n  ffiemarmm 


MEMORIAL  SERVICE. 

April  28,  1907. 

Rev.  Dr.  Hall's  Tribute  to  Rev.  Dr.  Hamlin. 

At  the  Woodside  Presbyterian  Church  Sunday 
Morning  a  memorial  service  for  Rev.  Dr.  Teunis  S. 
Hamlin,  a  former  pastor,  was  held.  The  edifice  con- 
tained a  large  congregation.  The  hymns  sung  during 
the  service  were  those  which  were  rendered  at  the 
funeral  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and  included  "When  the 
Mists  Have  Rolled  Away"  and  "Now  the  Day  is 
Over,"  rendered  by  Mrs.  Hector  Hall,  and  "For  All 
the  Saints"  and  two  others  by  the  choir  under  the  di- 
rection of  Organist  William  H.  Ranken.  Rev.  Wil- 
liam E.  Marden  read  letters  of  commendation  on  the 
work  of  Rev.  Dr.  Hamlin  during  his  pastorate  from 
Rev.  Dr.  Johnson  of  Cohoes  and  Rev.  Arthur  H.  Allen, 
a  former  pastor.  He  also  read  a  letter  from  Mrs. 
Hamlin,  tendering  her  sincere  thanks  to  the  Wood- 
side  Church  ,for  the  sympathy  and  kindness  shown. 
Rev.  Dr.  Hector  Hall  delivered  the  sermon.  He  took 
for  his  text  Psalm  xviii,  35,  "His  gentleness  has  made 
me  great."     He  said : 

I  trust  that  many  of  you  can  feel  the  appropriateness 
of  these  remarks  to  the  lamented  event  which  our  as- 
sembling this  morning  desires  to  signalize,  as  having 
a  place  in  the  records  of  this  church  not  soon  to  be 
forgotten. 

For  it  was  here  that  Dr.  Hamlin  acquired  those  high 
qualifications  for  the  important  position,  inferior  in  ex- 

[87] 


3Jn  fflrmortam 

tensive  influence  to  none,  which  for  so  many  years  he 
afterwards  filled,  and  with  notable  acceptance,  too,  in 
the  national  capital.  For,  it  is  not  beyond  the  fact 
to  say  that  a  minister's  first  charge  is  of  more  account 
to  him  than  any  seminary  training  in  fitting  him  to  be 
a  genuine  pastor  and  an  efficient  preacher  and  teacher 
of  the  Gospel.  Dr.  Hamlin  was  never  reluctant  to 
admit  that  here  he  learned  more  from  you  than  he 
taught  you.  He  found  among  you  not  a  few  men  and 
women  of  large  experience,  disciples  of  Christ — who, 
while  appreciating  his  honest  worth,  were  yet  cog- 
nizant of  his  immaturity  and  youth,  and  showed  him 
all  the  gentleness  of  God  and  spoke  kindly  of  his  some- 
times juvenile  prelections.  They  saw  that  the  fine  lad 
had  growth  in  him  and  a  rich  future  before  him.  It 
was  the  loving  co-operation  with  him  of  men  of  large 
observation  and  knowledge  of  affairs  that  helped  much 
to  make  him  the  man  he  became. 

This  was  fully  witnessed  by  himself  in  after  years, 
by  the  warm  and  grateful  affection  with  which  he  often 
spoke  of  you.  The  memory  of  your  kindness  never 
died  out  of  his  heart;  and  when  sad  occasions  in  your 
homes  called  for  its  expression,  his  sympathy  was 
never  lacking. 

Summoned  to  one  of  the  most  prominent  pulpits  in 
the  Church,  it  is  only  the  truth  to  affirm  that  his  influ- 
ence ever  extended  as  the  years  went  on,  and  was  never 
greater  than  when  his  career  came  to  its  sudden  close. 
"The  path  of  the  just  is  as  the  shining  light,  which 
shines  more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day." 

Assuredly,  he  is  no  ordinary  man  whose  ministry  in 
one  place,  extending  through  a  period  of  twenty  years 

[88] 


Su  fflruuinam 

and  more,  makes  its  power  felt  in  an  ever-increasing 
ratio  until  it  is  acknowledged  to  be  one  of  national 
significance.  To  be  sure,  his  opportunity  was  excep- 
tional, and  the  constituency  of  his  Church  was  in  great 
measure  exceptional,  owing  to  the  circumstance  that  he 
was  at  the  seat  of  the  highest  legislature  of  the  land, 
where  gather  also  some  of  the  finest  intellects  of  the 
nation ;  but  all  that  only  enhanced  and  demonstrated 
the  superior  quality  of  the  man,  as  possessing  the 
capacity,  the  tact,  and  the  knowledge  of  men  which 
enabled  him  to  meet  the  severe  demand  which  such  con- 
ditions exacted. 

It  was  my  privilege  on  more  than  one  great  deliber- 
ative occasion  to  meet  and  co-operate  with  Dr.  Ham- 
lin. We  were  members  together  of  the  Lake  Mohonk 
conference  on  international  arbitration.  That  is  an 
annual  gathering  whose  discussions  are  now  accepted 
as  of  far-reaching  value.  The  great  question  of  de- 
bate is  how  to  obviate  war,  how  best  to  promote  fra- 
ternal relations  between  nations,  how  to  render  national 
dueling  as  infamous  and  despicable  in  the  estimation  of 
all  the  peoples  of  the  civilized  or  semi-civilized  world 
as  private  dueling  has  become  in  the  estimation  of  all 
the  English  speaking  people  of  the  world.  Among 
the  three  or  four  hundred  invited  guests  are  many  of 
the  foremost  legislators,  judges,  editors,  philanthropists 
of  the  nation — citizens  of  the  highest  repute  for  devo- 
tion to  the  best  interests  of  their  fellow-men.  From 
his  wide  range  of  practical  knowledge,  and  his  inti- 
macy with  the  best  thoughts  of  the  best  minds  of  the 
day,  as  well  as  from  his  long  experience  in  not  a  few 
of  the  largest  of  our  national  benevolences,  and  his 

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in  fttemnrtam 

own  deep  and  well-reputed  sympathies,  Dr.  Hamlin's 
counsels  at  these  Mohonk  conferences  were  of  acknowl- 
edged authority  and  worth. 

But,  I  should  omit  the  largest  influence  of  his  life, 
earlier  and  later,  if  I  did  not  refer  to  that  which  he 
recognized  as  the  tenderest  of  all  and  the  most  decisive 
on  his  choice  of  his  vocation — the  influence,  namely,  of 
his  mother.  It  was  to  her  he  attributed  his  earliest 
impressions  of  the  Faith  of  Christ  upon  his  heart.  It 
was  she  who  guided  his  thoughts  toward  the  ministry 
of  the  gospel  as  the  work  of  his  life.  It  was  her  gen- 
tleness that  moulded  his  youthful  spirit  and  gave  form 
to  his  whole  character.  The  work  which  he  ever 
labored  to  achieve  through  thirty-six  years  of  continu- 
ous ministry  was  largely  the  harvest  of  his  mother's 
sowing.  There,  before  this  pulpit  stands  a  beautiful 
baptismal  font,  itself  a  tender  memorial  of  a  beloved 
son,  suddenly  removed  in  the  prime  of  a  promising 
youth ;  from  it  not  a  few  of  you,  now  grown  yourselves 
to  parental  years,  received  through  his  hands  the  water 
of  infant  baptism.  Many  of  you,  again,  can  recall  the 
warm-hearted  words  he  spoke  to  you  when  with  the 
right  hand  of  welcome  you  were  received  into  the 
fellowship  of  this  Church,  and  in  all  his  other  pastoral 
duties  and  kindnesses,  you  ever  found  him  the  same 
loving  and  gentle  brother.  How  much  of  it  all  was 
his  mother's !  From  such  a  mother  such  a  son  himself 
can  never  free.  The  touch  of  her  vanished  hand,  the 
sound  of  her  silent  voice,  her  gentle  presence  itself 
though  long  departed  from  his  view,  are  ever  present 
with  and  felt  by  him  as  the  power  next  to  the  Saviour's 
own  which  moves  his  soul  onward  and  upward  to  all 

[90] 


Jtt  Ufomnriam 

that  is  purest  and  noblest  and  best  in  the  achievements 
of  heaven. 

You  will  not  judge  it  unbefitting  that  I  should  close 
this  brief  testimony  to  the  worth  of  our  departed  friend 
with  a  few  words  of  loving  sympathy  for  his  beloved 
wife,  yours  as  well  as  mine,  yours  indeed  more  than 
mine,  for  to  you  she  was  so  much  more  intimately 
known.  How  closely  she  was  associated  with  him  in 
spiritual  sympathy  and  Christian  activity;  how  entirely 
she  was  one  with  him  in  all  his  work,  some  of  you  can 
still  well  remember.  And  what  she  was  in  the  early 
years  of  their  united  service  she  continued  until  his  call 
upward  came,  growing  with  his  growth  and  rejoicing 
with  his  joy.  It  is  becoming  that  you  let  her  know 
that  as  you  shared  with  her  in  the  blessings  of  those 
happy  years  when  she  was  one  of  you,  so  now  she  is 
not  alone  in  the  sorrow  of  her  great  bereavement.  But 
the  day  will  break  and  the  shadows  will  flee  away;  and 
the  path  of  the  just  is  as  the  shining  light  which  shines 
more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day.  With  our  de- 
parted brother  it  is  now  and  always  "perfect  day." 

Dr.  Hamlin  became  Pastor  of  Woodside  Church 
when  he  was  only  twenty-three  years  of  age  and  was 
its  Pastor  for  thirteen  years. 


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